Preliminary assessment of ecological exposure of adult residents in Fukushima Prefecture to radioactive cesium through ingestion and inhalation

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 292-298

  Koizumi, Akio ^a   Harada, Kouji H ^a   Niisoe, Tamon ^a   Adachi, Ayumu ^a   Fujii, Yukiko ^a   Hitomi, Toshiaki ^a   Kobayashi, Hatasu ^a   Wada, Yasuhiko ^b   Watanabe, Takao ^c   Ishikawa, Hirohiko ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tohoku Bunkyo University   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

134Cs; 137Cs; Exposure assessment; Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident; Ingestion; Inhalation

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; GERMANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FREEZE DRYING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MILK; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; JAPAN; MILK; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84865119721     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-011-0251-9     Document Type: Article

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