Soil-to-plant transfer factors of stable elements and naturally occurring radionuclides: (2) Rice collected in japan

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 779-790

  Uchida, Shigeo ^a   Tagami, Keiko ^a   Hirai, Ikuko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Department of Engineering and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown rice; Equilibrium condition; Naturally occurring radionuclide; Soil; Stable isotope; Transfer factor; TRS 364; Water management; White rice

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SAMPLING; SOILS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CRITICAL FOODS; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSFER FACTORS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 34547294913     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2007.9711867     Document Type: Article

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