Concentration levels of 210Pb and 210Po in dry tobacco leaves in Greece

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-102

  Savidou, A ^a   Kehagia, K ^b   Eleftheriadis, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

^b GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Natural radioactivity; Polonium; Radiochemistry; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEAD; POLONIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; SMOKE;

NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOCHEMICAL SEPARATION; RADIOCHEMISTRY; TOBACCO LEAVES;

TOBACCO;

LEAD 210; NICKEL; POLONIUM; LEAD;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; LEAD ISOTOPE; PLANT; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; TOBACCO;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOASSAY; TOBACCO; CHEMISTRY; GREECE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

GREECE; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES; POLONIUM; TOBACCO;

EID: 27644554283     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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