title: Radioactivity measurements on migrating birds (Turdus philomelos) captured in the Comunidad Valenciana (Spain).
abstract: The radionuclides 137Cs, 134Cs and 90Sr have been measured in edible tissues and bones of migratory birds (song-thrushes, Turdus philomelos) from central and northern Europe and captured in the Comunidad Valenciana, Spain in the 1994 autumn-winter season. Eight years after the Chernobyl accident, extensive agricultural lands in Europe are still contaminated and this study shows that there was a transfer of radioactive isotopes to the captured migratory song-thrushes. The whole-body dose commitment to humans consuming these birds is estimated.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roldán
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cervera
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ferrero
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D011210:Power Plants; D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D013030:Spain; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D014455:Ukraine
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes