Influence of crop types and soil properties on radionuclide soil-to-plant transfer factors in tropical and subtropical environments

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 733-738

  Velasco, H ^a   Ayub, J Juri ^a   Sansone, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Radionuclides; Subtropical environment; Transfer factor; Tropical environment

Indexed keywords

CROPS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS;

FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSFER; SOIL-TO-PLANT TRANSFER FACTORS; STATISTICAL QUANTITY; SUBTROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSFER FACTOR; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

TROPICS;

CESIUM; COBALT; IODINE; LEAD; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; STRONTIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM; ZINC;

CROP; DATABASE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL PROPERTY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSFER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TO PLANT TRANSFER FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 70349284913     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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