Linearity assumption in soil-to-plant transfer factors of natural uranium and radium in Helianthus annuus L.

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Rodríguez, P Blanco ^a   Tomé, F Vera ^a   Fernández, M Pérez ^a   Lozano, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydroponic culture; Linearity assumption; Radium; Sunflower; Uranium

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBICITY; RADIUM; SOILS; URANIUM;

AERIAL FRACTION; HYDROPONIC CULTURE; LINEARITY ASSUMPTION; SUNFLOWER;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; URANIUM;

PLANT; RADIUM; ROOT; SEEDLING; TRANSLOCATION; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEEDLING; SUNFLOWER; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HELIANTHUS; HYDROPONICS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; RADIUM; SEEDLING; SOIL; URANIUM; WATER PURIFICATION;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 33646268617     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.08.020     Document Type: Article

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