Foliar absorption of resuspended 137Cs relative to other pathways of plant contamination

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-30

  Hinton, T G ^a,d   McDonald, M ^e   Ivanov, Y ^b   Arkhipov, N ^c   Arkhipov, A ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Ukrainian Inst of Agric Radiology   (Ukraine)

^c Pripyat Res Ctr Tech Indust A   (Ukraine)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAESIUM-137; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FOLIAR ABSORPTION; PLANT CONTAMINATION; ROOT UPTAKE;

UKRAINE;

ABSORPTION; CONTAMINATION; FALLOUT; MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RADIOISOTOPES; SAND; SOILS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHERNOBYL FALLOUT; FOLIAR ABSORPTION; PATHWAYS; PLANT CONTAMINATION; ROOT UPTAKE;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; UKRAIN;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTION; USSR;

EID: 0029667033     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0265-931X(95)00038-C     Document Type: Article

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