Traces of DU in samples of environmental bio-monitors (non-flowering plants, fungi) and soil from target sites of the Western Balkan region

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1324-1328

  Žunić, Zora S ^a   Mietelski, Jerzy W ^b   Błazej, Sylwia ^b   Gaca, Paweł ^b   Tomankiewicz, Ewa ^b   Ujić, Predrag ^a   Čeliković, Igor ^a   Čuknić, Olivera ^a   Demajo, Miroslav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Balkan War; Depleted uranium; Environmental radioactivity; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SOILS; URANIUM;

DEPLETED URANIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY;

FUNGI;

URANIUM;

ANGIOSPERM; BIOMONITORING; FUNGUS; LICHEN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOSS; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; LICHENS; MOSS; POLAND; SOIL;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; URANIUM; YUGOSLAVIA;

BALKANS; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOSOVO; SERBIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 44949224334     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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