Radioecological survey at selected sites hit by depleted uranium ammunitions during the 1999 Kosovo conflict

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 281, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 23-35

  Sansone, Umberto ^a   Roberto Danesi, Pier ^b   Barbizzi, Sabrina ^a   Belli, Maria ^a   Campbell, Michael ^b   Gaudino, Stefania ^a   Jia, Guogang ^a   Ocone, Rita ^a   Pati, Alessandra ^a   Rosamilia, Silvia ^a   Stellato, Luisa ^a  

^a Agenzia Nazionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bark; Depleted uranium; Kosovo; Lichen; Soil

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AMMUNITION; CONTAMINATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POTABLE WATER; URANIUM;

SCIENTIFIC ORGANISATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOL; URANIUM;

BARK; LICHEN; SOIL POLLUTION; URANIUM; WAR;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; DUST; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LICHEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOASSAY; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROMETRY; TECHNIQUE; TREE; WAR; WATER ANALYSIS; YUGOSLAVIA;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LICHENS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES; URANIUM; WAR; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY; YUGOSLAVIA;

YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0035904981     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)01034-8     Document Type: Article

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