On monitoring anthropogenic airborne uranium concentrations and 235U/238U isotopic ratio by Lichen - Bio-indicator technique

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-342

  Golubev, A V ^a   Golubeva, V N ^a   Krylov, N G ^a   Kuznetsova, V F ^a   Mavrin, S V ^a   Aleinikov, A Yu ^a   Hoppes, W G ^b   Surano, K A ^b  

^a RUSSIAN FEDERAL NUCLEAR CENTER VNIIEF   (Russian Federation)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Bio monitor; Contamination; Lichens; Radionuclides; Uranium

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION; RADIOISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MAN-MADE URANIUMS; URANIUM CONTENTS;

URANIUM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

BIOMARKER; FALLOUT; RADIONUCLIDE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENT; EPIPHYTE; EXTRACTION; LICHENS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; TREE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM;

EID: 26844581942     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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