Dynamic modeling of the cesium, strontium and ruthenium transfer to grass and vegetables

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 495-501

  Renaud, P ^a   Real J ^b   Maubert, H ^b   Roussel Debet, S ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Contamination, environmental; Food chain; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; RUTHENIUM; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FOOD CHAIN; FRUIT; GRASS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0032904602     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199905000-00005     Document Type: Article

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