Biomonitoring of environmental pollution by thorium and uranium in selected regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 414-420

  Zoriy, P ^a   Ostapczuk, P ^a   Dederichs, H ^a   Hobig J ^a   Lennartz, R ^a   Zoriy, M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artemisia austriaca; Environmental samples; ICP MS; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA AUSTRIACA; BIOMONITORING; CONTROL AREA; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOT POINT; IN-PLANTS; KAZAKHSTAN; PLANT SAMPLES; POLLUTION LEVEL; URANIUM CONCENTRATION; URANIUM REPROCESSING;

AIR POLLUTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MINING; POLLUTION CONTROL; THORIUM; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

URANIUM MINES;

THORIUM; URANIUM;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLORA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLORA; KAZAKHSTAN; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; URANIUM MINE; URBAN AREA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KAZAKHSTAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

KAZAKHSTAN;

ARTEMISIA AUSTRIACA;

EID: 77951023869     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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