Evaluation of radiation doses and associated risk from the Fukushima nuclear accident to marine biota and human consumers of seafood

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 10670-10675

  Fisher, Nicholas S ^a   Beaugelin Seiller, Karine ^b   Hinton, Thomas G ^b   Baumann, Zofia ^a   Madigan, Daniel J ^a,c   Garnier Laplace, Jacqueline ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesium; Migration

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONSUMER; EARTHQUAKE; EVALUATION; FOOD INTAKE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); IONIZING RADIATION; JAPAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; REACTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; TSUNAMI; UNITED STATES; ZOOPLANKTON;

CESIUM; MIGRATION;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOTA; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK; SEAFOOD;

ANIMALIA; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 84879536306     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221834110     Document Type: Article

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