Uranium contents and 235U/ 238U atom ratios in soil and earthworms in western Kosovo after the 1999 war

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 337, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 109-118

  Di Lella, L A ^a   Nannoni, F ^a   Protano, G ^a   Riccobono, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depleted uranium; Earthworm; Kosovo; Pollution; Soil; Uranium isotopic ratio

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC RATIO; DEPLETED URANIUM (DU); KOSOVO;

AMMUNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON OXIDES; SOILS;

URANIUM;

CRYSTALLIN; IRON OXIDE; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

BIOACCUMULATION; EARTHWORM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENT; FRACTIONATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; WAR;

ANIMALS; OLIGOCHAETA; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOSOVO; SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 11144296765     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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