Microfibril angle in wood of Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) after irradiation from the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-199

  Tulik, Mirela ^a   Rusin, Aleksandra ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Bot Gdn Ctr Biol Diversity C   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chernobyl accident; Microfibril angle; Pinus sylvestris; Secondary cell wall; Tracheids; Wood

Indexed keywords

CELL WALL STRUCTURES; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; WOOD SAMPLES;

CELLS; CONTAMINATION; IRRADIATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOOD;

AGE; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRRADIATION; MICROANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PINE; PLANT FIBER; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TREE; WOOD;

CELL WALL; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROFIBRILS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; WOOD;

CELL WALLS; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PINUS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE; WORLD;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 10044274211     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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