Effective and ecological half-lives of 137Cs in cow's milk in alpine agriculture

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-56

  Lettner, Herbert ^a   Hubmer, Alexander ^a   Bossew, Peter ^b   Strebl, Friederike ^c   Steinhäusler, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOILS; AUSTRIA; BED-ROCKS; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; MIGRATION VELOCITIES; MILK SAMPLES; STOCK FARMINGS; TRANSFER FACTORS;

AGRICULTURE; SILICATES; SOILS;

CESIUM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HALF-LIFE; MILK; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149352819     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-008-0192-x     Document Type: Article

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