Root uptake of radionuclides following their acute soil depositions during the growth of selected food crops

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 746-751

  Choi, Yong Ho ^a   Lim, Kwang Muk ^a   Jun, In ^a   Park, Doo Won ^a   Keum, Dong Kwon ^a   Lee, Chang Woo ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute deposition; Deposition time; Radionuclide; Root uptake; Transfer factor

Indexed keywords

CROPS; MANGANESE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS;

CHINESE CABBAGE; DEPOSITION TIME; GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTS; PLANT SPECIES; ROOT UPTAKE; SOIL-TO-PLANT TRANSFER; TRANSFER FACTOR; VEGETATION PERIODS;

DEPOSITION;

CESIUM; CESIUM 137; COBALT; COBALT 60; MANGANESE; MANGANESE 54; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM 90;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CROP; DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACUTE SOIL DEPOSITION; ARTICLE; CHINESE CABBAGE; CROP; CUCUMBER; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GREENHOUSE; HARVEST; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT ROOT UPTAKE; POTATO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADISH; RICE; SANDY SOIL; SOIL;

BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 70349284898     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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