The transfer of radiocesium from soil to plants: Mechanisms, data, and perspectives for potential countermeasures in japan

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-381

  Smolders, Erik ^a   Tsukada, Hirofumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agriculture impacts; Chernobyl; Radiocesium; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

CESIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL; TIME;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052330120     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.236     Document Type: Article

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