Whole-body to tissue concentration ratios for use in biota dose assessments for animals

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 549-565

  Yankovich, Tamara L ^j   Beresford, Nicholas A ^b   Wood, Michael D ^c   Aono, Tasuo ^d   Andersson, Pål ^e   Barnett, Catherine L ^b   Bennett, Pamela ^a   Brown, Justin E ^f   Fesenko, Sergey ^g   Fesenko, J ^h   Hosseini, Ali ^f   Howard, Brenda J ^b   Johansen, Mathew P ⁱ   Phaneuf, Marcel M ^g   Tagami, Keiko ^d   Takata, Hyoe ^d   Twining, John R ⁱ   Uchida, Shigeo ^d  

^a AREVA NP   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^f NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^g INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^h RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND AGROECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER FISHES; LOOK UP TABLE; MARINE FISH; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; RADIOLOGICAL DOSE; SPECIFIC CONCENTRATION; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; WHOLE-BODY; WHOLE-BODY DOSE;

HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS; MUSCLE; RADIOLOGY; TABLE LOOKUP;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CRUSTACEA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; REPTILIA;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 78649329255     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-010-0323-z     Document Type: Review

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