Anthropogenic radionuclides in Japanese food: Environmental and legal implications

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1248-1256

  Merz, Stefan ^a   Steinhauser, Georg ^a,b   Hamada, Nobuyuki ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RATIOS; ANTHROPOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; CURRENT LIMITS; FOOD SAMPLES; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; JAPANESE FOODS; LEGAL IMPLICATIONS; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; RADIOCESIUM; RADIOCESIUM CONTAMINATION; REGULATORY LIMIT;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FISSION PRODUCTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOREACTOR; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COMPLIANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD; FOOD SAFETY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; STATE ROLE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FISSION NEUTRON; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; TIME FACTORS;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84873426328     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3037498     Document Type: Article

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