An overview of the transfer of radionuclides to farm animals and potential countermeasures of relevance to fukushima releases

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 382-384

  Beresford, Nicholas A ^a   Howard, Brenda J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cesium; Countermeasures; Iodine; Meat; Milk

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ANIMAL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; JAPAN; METABOLISM; NOTE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE;

EID: 80052315537     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.235     Document Type: Note

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