Radioactivity in tobacco leaves

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-73

  Papastefanou, C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Doses; Natural; Radioactivity; Radiocesium; Tobacco; Uptake

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; GREECE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLANT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TOBACCO;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GREECE; PLANTS, TOXIC; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TOBACCO;

EID: 0035239080     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00109-0     Document Type: Article

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