Chapter 11 Modelling the behaviour of radiocaesium in forest ecosystems

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 4, Issue C, 2003, Pages 315-351

  Shaw, G ^a   Avila, R ^b   Fesenko, S ^c   Dvornik, A ^d   Zhuchenko, T ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^c RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND AGROECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS   (Belarus)

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EID: 77956970874     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(03)80067-0     Document Type: Article

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