Radiostrontium uptake by plants from different soil types in Kazakhstan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 324-333

  Savinkov, A ^a   Semioshkina, N ^b   Howard, B J ^c   Voigt, G ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Kazakhstan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

90Sr; Radionuclides; Semipalatinsk Test Site; Transfer to plant

Indexed keywords

LYSIMETERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS; STRONTIUM;

90 SR; SEMIPALATINSK TEST SITE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CALCIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CALCIUM; CHERNOZEM; GRASS; HUMUS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TYPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BROMUS; HUMUS; KAZAKHSTAN; LYSIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEGETATION;

ARTEMISIA; KAZAKHSTAN; PLANTS; POACEAE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; SEMIPALATINSK; WEST ASIA;

ARTEMISIA; BROMUS; STIPA;

EID: 33846384692     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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