Soil Radioactivity as a Limiting Factor for Food Production
Nataa M. Žikić-Todorović, Itvan S. Bikit, Jaroslav M. Slivka, Miroslav J. Vesković, Ljiljana U. Čonkić, Ester Z. Varga, Duan S. Mrdja, and Sofija M. Ćurčić
Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
Corresponding author: Nataa M. Žikić-Todorović
Department of Physics
Faculty of Sciences
University of Novi Sad
Trg D. Obradovića 4
21000 Novi Sad
Serbia and Montenegro
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Fax number: +381 21 455 318
E-mail: zikic@im.ns.ac.yu
CEJOEM 2004, Vol.10. No.1.: 88–91
Key words:
Food, radioactivity, gamma-spectrometry
Abstract:
The results of radiological control in agricultural soil in the Vojvodina region are presented. Fifty soil samples from the region of Vojvodina were analyzed and no increase of radioactivity was found that could endanger food production.
Received: 31 July 2003
Accepted: 5 December 2003
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