Potassium-40 and cesium-137 in the surface layers of arable soils and food supplies

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 599-604

  Królak, Elzbieta ^a   Karwowska, Jadwiga ^b  

^a SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^b Regional Disease Control Centre   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arable soils; Eastern Poland; Food supplies; Potassium; Radiocesium

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959988926     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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