Spatial modelling of transfer of long-lived radionuclides from soil to agricultural products in the Chernigov region, Ukraine

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-50

  Van Der Perk, M ^a   Lev, T ^b   Gillett, A G ^c   Absalom, J P ^c   Burrough, P A ^a   Crout, N M J ^c   Garger, E K ^b   Semiochkina, N ^d   Stephanishin, Y V ^b   Voigt, G ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences Kiev   (Ukraine)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Environmental modelling; Geographical information systems; Radiocaesium; Radioecology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CESIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRODUCT; KAZAKHSTAN; MODEL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; RADIOISOTOPE; SOIL POLLUTION; UKRAINE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL POLLUTION;

UKRAINE;

EID: 0034599719     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00225-2     Document Type: Article

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