Estimating transfer parameters in the absence of data

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 645-656

  Higley, Kathryn A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALLOMETRIC SCALING; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; RADIONUCLIDE ACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATION; SITE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION; TRANSFER PARAMETERS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASON; SOIL POLLUTANT; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OREGON; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78649334651     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-010-0326-9     Document Type: Article

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