| Literature DB >> 21868141 |
Joshy P James1, B N Dileep, P M Ravi, R M Joshi, T L Ajith, A G Hegde, P K Sarkar.
Abstract
Transfer factors are the most important parameters required for mathematical modeling used for environmental impact assessment of radioactive contamination in the environment. In this paper soil to leaf transfer factor for the radionuclides ⁴⁰K, ²²⁶Ra, ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr is estimated for Kaiga region in Karnataka state, India. Among the plants in which study is carried out, ²²⁶Ra, ⁴⁰K, ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr activity in leaves of herbaceous plants is higher than that of tree leaves. Soil to leaf transfer factor for ²²⁶Ra, ⁴⁰K, ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr was found to be in the range of 0.03-0.65, 0.32-8.04, 0.05-3.03 and 0.42-2.67 respectively.Mesh：
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21868141 DOI： 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.07.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Environ Radioact ISSN： 0265-931X Impact factor: 2.674