Assessment of the transfer of 137Cs in three types of vegetables consumed in Hong Kong

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1695-1700

  Yu, K N ^a   Mao, S Y ^a   Young, E C M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; CESIUM;

ARTICLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HONG KONG; LETTUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL; VEGETABLE; APIALES; BRASSICA; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CROPS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS;

DYNAMIC FOOD CHAIN MODEL; VEGETABLES;

CESIUM;

APIACEAE; BRASSICA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LETTUCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0031594880     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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