MUSHROOMS AS A REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR INTERCOMPARISON EXERCISES AND AS BIOINDICATORS OF RADIOCESIUM DEPOSITION IN SOIL (FRANCE AND CENTRAL-EUROPEAN COUNTRIES)

Authors
CALMET D BOURSIER B BOUISSET P GUIARD A BARKER E
Citation
D. Calmet et al., MUSHROOMS AS A REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR INTERCOMPARISON EXERCISES AND AS BIOINDICATORS OF RADIOCESIUM DEPOSITION IN SOIL (FRANCE AND CENTRAL-EUROPEAN COUNTRIES), Applied radiation and isotopes, 49(1-2), 1998, pp. 19-28
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Applied radiation and isotopes
ISSN journal
09698043 → ACNP
Volume
49
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
19 - 28
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-8043(1998)49:1-2<19:MAARMF>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The K-40, Cs-134 and Cs-137 contents of 14 species of basydomycetes co llected from June to November 1995 in European countries were measured by high resolution, hyperpure germanium gamma-ray spectrometry on the same samples: fresh and dry. Due to their cesium content, their ready availability and their representative food matrix, mushrooms are an i deal reference material. Mushrooms also appear to be relevant as bioin dicators of topsoil contamination, although the boletaccaea species se em to be better indicators than the cantharellacea. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.