Mass balance approach to estimating radionuclide loads and concentrations in edible fish tissues using stable analogues |
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Authors: | T.L. Yankovich |
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Affiliation: | EcoMetrix Incorporated, 6800 Campobello Road, Mississauga, ON L5N 2L8, Canada |
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Abstract: | Humans can consume a number of types of biota tissues, which have varying propensities to accumulate radionuclides. As a result, depending upon the biota species, the radionuclide and the tissue under consideration, it may be necessary to estimate the percent radionuclide load in specific edible tissues, and in cases where whole organisms are consumed, to estimate the radionuclide load in the whole body of an organism, based on data that have been collected for individual tissues. To accomplish this, data were compiled that can be used to estimate the partitioning patterns and percent loads of various groups of elements in edible tissues of freshwater fishes. General trends in partitioning, such as those provided in this paper, can be used to predict radionuclide transfer to humans and the corresponding potential radiological dose to humans via dietary pathways, in this case following the consumption of fish. |
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Keywords: | Radionuclides Freshwater Transfer Mass balance Human dose Dietary pathways Analogues Reference organism Reference Man |
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