Environmental distribution of uranium and other trace elements at selected Kosovo sites.
Chemosphere
; 56(9): 861-5, 2004 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
This paper reports the results of a study using lichens as biomonitors to investigate the environmental distribution of uranium and other trace elements at selected Kosovo sites. The results suggested that the use of depleted uranium (DU) ammunitions in Kosovo did not cause a diffuse environmental contamination in such a way to have caused a detectable U enrichment in lichens. Also isotopic (235)U/(238)U measurements did not indicate the presence of DU particles in lichens. The present results also provided no indication of intense environmental contamination by the other trace elements analyzed, with the exception of Kosovska Mitrovica, where a diffuse environmental contamination by several heavy elements such as Pb, Zn, As and Cd was found.
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Assunto principal:
Poluentes Radioativos do Solo
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Oligoelementos
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Monitoramento Ambiental
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Urânio
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En
Ano de publicação:
2004
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