Distribution of Artificial Radionuclides in Abandoned Cattle in the Evacuation Zone of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fukuda, Tomokazu ^a   Kino, Yasushi ^a   Abe, Yasuyuki ^b   Yamashiro, Hideaki ^c   Kuwahara, Yoshikazu ^a   Nihei, Hidekazu ^a   Sano, Yosuke ^a   Irisawa, Ayumi ^a   Shimura, Tsutomu ^a   Fukumoto, Motoi ^a   Shinoda, Hisashi ^a   Obata, Yuichi ^d   Saigusa, Shin ^e   Sekine, Tsutomu ^a   Isogai, Emiko ^a   Fukumoto, Manabu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; SILVER 110M; TELLURIUM 129M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FETUS; GEOGRAPHY; HALF LIFE TIME; JAPAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HALF-LIFE; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PREGNANCY; RADIOISOTOPES; SILVER; TELLURIUM;

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EID: 84872799548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054312     Document Type: Article

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