Lichens as biomonitors of uranium in the Balkan area

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 277-280

  Loppi, S ^a   Riccobono, F ^a   Zhang, Z H ^b   Savic, S ^c   Ivanov, D ^d   Pirintsos, S A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Balkans; Biomonitoring; Isotopic ratios; Lichens; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPES;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BIOMONITORS;

URANIUM;

URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238; URANIUM;

BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; LICHEN; POLLUTION MONITORING; URANIUM; WAR;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; LICHENS; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT; WAR;

BALKANS; EURASIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; LICHENS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM; WAR;

EID: 0141924084     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00057-5     Document Type: Article

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