Long-term decline of 137Cs concentration in honey in the second decade after the Chernobyl accident

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-152

  Panatto, Donatella ^a   Gasparini, Roberto ^a   Lai, Piero ^a   Rovatti, Paola ^a   Gallelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

137Cs; Honey; Long term decline

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CONTAMINATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

FOOD SOURCES; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL CONFIGURATION; HONEY; LONG TERM DECLINE;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CESIUM 137;

ACIDITY; ARGILLITE; CESIUM; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOMORPHOLOGY; HONEY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHESTNUT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HONEY; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HONEY; ITALY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIGURIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250024296     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.03.040     Document Type: Article

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