Concentration and characteristics of depleted uranium in water, air and biological samples collected in Serbia and Montenegro

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 381-399

  Jia, Guogang ^a   Belli, Maria ^a   Sansone, Umberto ^a   Rosamilia, Silvia ^a   Gaudino, Stefania ^a  

^a Agency for Environmental Protection   (Italy)

Author keywords

234U; 235U; 236U; 238U; Air; Alpha spectrometry; Lichen; Water

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; RADIATION EFFECTS; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; DEPLETED URANIUM (DU); RADIOLOGICAL RISKS; RADIOTOXIC MATERIALS;

URANIUM;

DRINKING WATER; ISOTOPE; URANIUM; WATER;

AIR; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BARK; BIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; LICHENS; PLANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOXICOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YUGOSLAVIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; LICHENS; PLANTS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 21844446340     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.05.042     Document Type: Article

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