Levels of 210Po and 210Pb in fish and molluscs in Slovenia and the related dose assessment to the population

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 970-976

  Štrok, Marko ^a   Smodiš, Borut ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Fish; Mollusc

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; FISH; FLOW OF GASES; SHELLFISH;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; DOSE CALCULATION; FOOD PREPARATION; LOW BACKGROUND; MEASUREMENTS OF; RADIOCHEMICAL SEPARATION;

MOLLUSCS;

LEAD 210; POLONIUM; URANIUM; LEAD;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EUROSEISTEST; FISH; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; GAS FLOW; LEAD; MOLLUSC; POLONIUM; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSE CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FRESH WEIGHT; GAS FLOW; MEASUREMENT; MOLLUSC; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SAMPLING; SLOVENIA; SQUID; ANIMAL; CEPHALOPOD; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METABOLISM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; SEA FOOD; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SLOVENIA;

CEPHALOPODA; MOLLUSCA;

ANIMALS; DECAPODIFORMES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MOLLUSCA; POLONIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SEAFOOD; SLOVENIA; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 78651438933     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.10.075     Document Type: Article

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