Association of fallout radiocesium with soil constituents: Effect of sterilization of forest soils by fumigation with chloroform

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-233

  Baumann, A ^a   Schimmack, W ^a   Steindl, H ^a   Bunzl, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CHLOROFORM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FALLOUT; FOREST; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOMASS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHLOROFORM; FUMIGATION; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

FAGUS; PICEA;

EID: 0029789810     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050034     Document Type: Article

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