Migration of137Cs in soils and its transfer to mushrooms and vascular plants in mixed forest

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-250

  Pietrzak Flis, Z ^a   Radwan, I ^a   Rosiak, L ^a   Wirth, E ^b  

^a Centralne Laboratorium Ochrony Radiologicznej Warsaw   (Poland)

^b BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest soil; Plants; Radiocesium; Transfer factors

Indexed keywords

MUSHROOM; VASCULAR PLANT;

POLAND, KAMPINOS NATIONAL PARK;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERICACEAE; POLYPODIUM VULGARE; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 0030442416     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05118-2     Document Type: Article

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