Concentration and characteristics of depleted uranium in biological and water samples collected in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 172-187

  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; Alpha spectrometry; Lichen; Moss; Water

Indexed keywords

234U; 235U; 236U; 238U; ALPHA-SPECTROMETRY; LICHENS; MOSS; RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY;

CONTAMINATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; URANIUM;

WATER;

DRINKING WATER; MINERAL WATER; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

BARK; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; LICHEN; MOSS; SURVEY; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BARK; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ITALY; LICHEN; MOSS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AGARICALES; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; URANIUM; WAR; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33745727256     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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