Radionuclides and selected elements in soil and honey from Gorski Kotar, Croatia

Apidologie

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 277-287

  Barišić, Delko ^a   Vertačnik, Astrea ^a   Bromenshenk, Jerry J ^b   Kezić, Nikola ^c   Lulić, Stipe ^a   Hus, Mihovil ^d   Kraljević, Petar ^e   Šimpraga, Miljenko ^e   Seletković, Zvonko ^d  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e Faculty of Veterinarian Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Biological indicator; Honey; Radionuclides; Soil; Trace elements; Transfer

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CESIUM 137; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HONEY; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RUBIDIUM; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ABIES; APIS MELLIFERA; PICEA;

EID: 0344980334     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19990403     Document Type: Article

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