Soil-to-plant transfer of 137Cs, 40K and 7Be

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-65

  Papastefanou, C ^a   Manolopoulou, M ^a   Stoulos, S ^a   Ioannidou, A ^a   Gerasopoulos, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; GREECE; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0033215890     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(98)00077-0     Document Type: Article

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