Distribution of 210Pb and 210Po concentrations in wild berries and mushrooms in boreal forest ecosystems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-91

  Vaaramaa, Kaisa ^a   Solatie, Dina ^b   Aro, Lasse ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forests; Lead 210; Mushrooms; Polonium 210; Radiation doses; Wild berries

Indexed keywords

FORESTS; LEAD-210; MUSHROOMS; POLONIUM-210; RADIATION DOSES; WILD BERRIES;

CESIUM; DOSIMETRY; ECOSYSTEMS; FALLOUT; FORESTRY; FRUITS; FUNGI; LEAD; POLONIUM;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210; POLONIUM; LEAD;

BOREAL FOREST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; INGESTION RATE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MUSHROOM; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIATION BUDGET; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTINARIUS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; FINLAND; FOREST; FRUITING BODY; LINGONBERRY; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; AGARICALES; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; TREE;

BERRIES; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION; DOSAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FRUITS; FUNGI; LEAD; MUSHROOMS; RADIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BOLETACEAE; CORTINARIUS ARMILLATUS; LECCINUM VULPINUM; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RUSSULA PALUDOSA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA;

AGARICALES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; POLONIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; TREES;

EID: 70350409232     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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