NDLI: Natural and anthropogenic radioactivity in the environment of mountain region of Serbia.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Mitrovic, B. Vitorovic, G. Vitorovic, D. Pantelic, G. Adamovic, I.
Spatial Coverage	Serbia
Description	Author Affiliation: Mitrovic B ( Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Radiology, 18 Bulevar Oslobodjenja, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. radijacija@vet.bg.ac.yu)
Abstract	The activity concentrations of (40)K, (238)U, (232)Th and (137)Cs have been measured using a gamma spectrometric method in different samples from the environment of two mountains in Serbia (altitude 1000-1100 m), during the period 2002-2007. The mountains Maljen and Tara (popular tourist destinations) are near Belgrade. On mountain Maljen, samples were taken at 4 different altitudes (200 m, 650 m, 1000 m and 1100 m), and on mountain Tara at altitudes of 1000 m and 1100 m. On mountain Maljen it was found that the level of (137)Cs activity increased with altitude in samples of soil, grass, hay and cow, sheep and goat milk. On the contrary, (40)K activity decreased with altitude in samples of soil, grass and hay. The highest activity concentrations of (137)Cs were found in bioindicators: sheep meat, venison, wild boar meat, moss and mushrooms. These results indicate that (137)Cs is present in mountain region of Serbia even 20 years after the nuclear accident in Chernobyl. Deposition of (137)Cs was almost two times higher on the Maljen mountain compared to Tara mountain. An average annual dose arising from (137)Cs was 7.4 microSv due to ingestion of cow milk and 6.3 microSv due to ingestion of mushrooms at the Maljen mountain.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	14640325
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	11
e-ISSN	14640333
Journal	Journal of Environmental Monitoring
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Publisher Date	2009-02-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Environmental Health Food Contamination, Radioactive Analysis Radiation Monitoring Methods Soil Pollutants, Radioactive Altitude Animals Cattle Cesium Radioisotopes Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Goats Humans Poaceae Chemistry Potassium Radioisotopes Serbia Sheep Soil Thorium Uranium Comparative Study Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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