Analysis of Plasma Protein Concentrations and Enzyme Activities in Cattle within the Ex-Evacuation Zone of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Accident.

The effect of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) accident on humans and the environment is a global concern. We performed biochemical analyses of plasma from 49 Japanese Black cattle that were euthanized in the ex-evacuation zone set within a 20-km radius of FNPP. Among radionuclides a...

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Main Authors: Yusuke Urushihara, Koh Kawasumi, Satoru Endo, Kenichi Tanaka, Yasuko Hirakawa, Gohei Hayashi, Tsutomu Sekine, Yasushi Kino, Yoshikazu Kuwahara, Masatoshi Suzuki, Motoi Fukumoto, Hideaki Yamashiro, Yasuyuki Abe, Tomokazu Fukuda, Hisashi Shinoda, Emiko Isogai, Toshiro Arai, Manabu Fukumoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4861266?pdf=render