Published March 1992
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Journal article
Caesium contamination in human milk and transfer factor from diet
- 1. Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome (Italy). Lab. di Fisica
- 2. Ospedale, Lecco (Italy). Div. Patalogia Neonatale
Description
A study on caesium contamination in human milk, as a consequence of the Chernobyl fallout, was conducted in 1989 on a group of women from one of the areas of northern Italy most heavily affected by the radioactive fallout. Their diet was studied, and the caesium intake was calculated by using the mean food activity concentration in that area. The caesium transfer factor was evaluated both as the ratio of caesium concentration in mother's milk to the daily intake, and by using a simplified milk compartment model. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Analyst
- Journal Volume
- 117
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Analyst.
- Journal Page Range
- 511-514
- ISSN
- 0003-2654
- CODEN
- ANALA
Conference
- Title
- 27. Colloquium Spectroscopium Internationale (CSI) Pre-symposium on measurements of radionuclides after the Chernobyl accident.
- Dates
- 9-14 Jun 1991.
- Place
- Bergen (Norway).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 23053213
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CESIUM 137; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; DIET; FALLOUT DEPOSITS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; ITALY; MILK; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BODY FLUIDS; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; FALLOUT; FOOD; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MATERIALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; POPULATIONS; POWER REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract EEC B16-0341-I(A)