226Ra/228Ra using disequilibrium to determine the residence half- lives of radium in vegetation compartments

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-304

  Baeza, A ^a   Barandica, J ^b   Paniagua, J M ^a   Rufo, M ^a   Sterling, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Presidenta de la Comisión Nacional de Radiofísica Vocal del Comité Asesor del Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear Expresidenta de la Sociedad Española de Protección Radiológica   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIUM 226;

RADIUM; RESIDENCE TIME; SCRUB;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

EID: 0033136443     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(98)00047-2     Document Type: Article

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