Soil concentration, vertical distribution and inventory of plutonium, 241Am, 90Sr and 137Cs in the Marche Region of Central Italy

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-61

  Jia, Guogang ^a   Testa, Corrado ^a   Desideri, Donatella ^a   Guerra, Francesca ^a   Meli, Maria A ^a   Roselli, Carla ^a   Belli, Maria E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b Natl Agy for Environ P ANPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contamination; Environmental; Environmental impact; Fallout; Soil

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; STRONTIUM 90;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATOMIC BOMB; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FALLOUT; FOREST; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0032996141     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199907000-00010     Document Type: Article

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