Investigation of the distribution of 137Cs from fallout in the soils of the city of Lund and the province of Skane in Sweden

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-131

  Isaksson, M ^a   Erlandsson, B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

CAESIUM-137; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN, LUND; SWEDEN, SKANE;

EID: 0031986285     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(97)00010-6     Document Type: Article

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