Organically bound tritium in wheat after short-term exposure to atmospheric tritium under laboratory conditions

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 157-175

  Diabate S ^a   Strack, S ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRITIUM;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; SOIL POLLUTION; TIME; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITIUM;

CONTAMINANT DYNAMICS; POACEAE; TRITIUM; WHEAT;

EID: 0030614073     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(97)84985-5     Document Type: Article

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