Post-deposition transport of radionuclides in fruit

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 215-236

  Carini, F ^a   Bengtsson, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caesium; Direct contamination; Foliar absorption; Fruit; Radionuclides; Strontium; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 85;

ABSORPTION; APPLE; CULTIVAR; DRY DEPOSITION; FRUIT; GRAPE; MODEL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; VITIS;

EID: 0035239295     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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