Soil-to-potato transfer of 137Cs in an area of Belarus: Regression analysis of the transfer factor against 137Cs deposition and soil characteristics

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-181

  Knatko, V A ^a   Ageets, V U ^b   Shmigelskaya, I V ^b   Ivashkevich, I I ^a  

^a Inst Radiobiologii   (Belarus)

^b Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry   (Belarus)

Author keywords

137Cs; Belarus; Radiocaesium; Soil to potato; Transfer

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXIDE; CESIUM 137; MAGNESIUM OXIDE;

SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PH; POTATO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BELARUS;

EID: 0033971586     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00072-7     Document Type: Article

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