Accumulation of 210Pb, 226Ra and radioactive cesium by fungi

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 63-70

  Kirchner, Gerald ^a   Daillant, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Observatoire Mycologique   (France)

Author keywords

Cesium 137; Fungi; Lead 210; Natural radionuclides; Radiation doses; Radium 226

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; LEAD 210; RADON; CESIUM; LEAD; RADIUM;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FRANCE; FUNGUS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; AGARICALES; AIR POLLUTANT; CATERING SERVICE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AGARICALES; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FOOD SUPPLY; FRANCE; FUNGI; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0031597380     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00288-5     Document Type: Article

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