Uptake, allocation, accumulation and ecological implications of 85Sr in bracken (Pteridium aquilinum L. Kuhn)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-25

  Tyson, M J ^a   Sheffield, E ^a   Callaghan, T V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bracken; Radioecology; Radiostrontium; Uptake

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM 85;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0033215908     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(98)00154-4     Document Type: Article

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