Soil-to-plant transfer of radiocaesium for selected tropical plant species in Bangladesh

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-211

  Rahman, M M ^a,b   Koddus, A ^b   Ahmad, G U ^c   Voigt, G ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Radiocaesium; Soil properties; Soil to plant transfer; Transfer model; Tropical environment

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; VEGETATION;

GRASSY VEGETATION; ROOT VEGETATION; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL-TO-PLANT TRANSFER;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM; CESIUM 137;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GRASS; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BANGLADESH; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

JARAVA; PANTOLABUS;

EID: 20444401895     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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