210Po behaviour in terrestrial environment: A review;Comportement du 210Po en milieu terrestre: Revue bibliographique

Radioprotection

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-58

  Coppin, F ^a   Roussel Debet, S ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

210Po; Soil; Transfer coefficient

Indexed keywords

IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MINERAL SURFACES; MINING ACTIVITIES; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; TRANSFER FACTOR; TRANSFER PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS;

POLONIUM;

EID: 34547343577     PISSN: 00338451     EISSN: 1769700X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/radiopro:2003022     Document Type: Article

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