Long-term study on the transfer of 137Cs and 90Sr from Chernobyl-contaminated soils to grain crops

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-286

  Krouglov, S V ^a   Filipas, A S ^a   Alexakhin, R M ^a   Arkhipov, N P ^b  

^a RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND AGROECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Res and Indust Assoc 'Pripyat'   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; STRONTIUM 90;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CROP; GRAIN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REACTION TIME; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; USSR;

BIOCONCENTRATION; CAESIUM-137; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GRAIN; RADIOCAESIUM; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIOSTRONTIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; STRONTIUM-90;

UKRAINE, CHERNOBYL;

EID: 0029806496     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0265-931X(96)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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