Table 18.

Mean whole-body to tissue concentration ratios for mammals and birds, for tissues likely to be consumed by humans.^a

Element	Whole body to muscle	Whole body to liver
Mammals
Ru	1.1	0.12
Cs	0.97	0.97
Ce	34	0.29
Pu	5.3 (2.1–33)b	0.24 (0.027–9.2)
Birds
Cs	–c	1.4 (0.090–2.3)
Ce	–	0.33 (0.16–0.78)

^aValues were obtained from Table 6 (mammals) and Table 5 (birds) of Yankovich et al. (2010).

^bValues in parentheses indicate the minimum and maximum reported values (Yankovich et al. 2010).

^cNot reported.