Study on plutonium isotopes determination in soils from the region of Lublin (Poland)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-62

  Komosa, Andrzej ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Plutonium; Soil

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLUTONIUM; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL;

POLAND, LUBLIN;

EID: 0030595081     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05160-1     Document Type: Article

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