Strontium-90 in antlers of red deer: an indicator of environmental contamination by strontium-90.
The sampling procedures in connection with a very sensitive analytical method are described. Results from different areas in Austria are presented and an interpretion of the results is attempted. Some findings are in accordance with measurements from other substances, some are not. The differences most probably depend on several factors like soil type, precipitation, migration of strontium-90, concentration of stable strontium and calcium. No significant rise in the concentration could be found after 1986 thus in accordance with other measurements of strontium-90 contamination after the Chernobyl accident.
Federal Institute for Food Control and Research, Vienna, Austria.
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D000818:Animals; D000999:Antlers / Q000737:chemistry*; D001317:Austria; D003670:Deer; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D005843:Geography; D012588:Scintillation Counting / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013324:Strontium / Q000032:analysis*
D013324:Strontium