title: Radioecological investigation of food of animal origin in Belgrade environment.
abstract: The activity concentrations of 40K, 238U, 232Th and 137Cs were measured using gamma spectrometric method in different food chain samples from Serb Belgrade environment during the periods May-June 2007 and May-June 2008 year. Relatively high activities of 40K and 137Cs were detected in the soil. These results indicate that 137Cs is present in Belgrade environment even 20 years after nuclear accident in Chernobyl. However, in the samples of feedstuffs, animal products and bio indicators (meat of wild animals and fish), activity concentrations of primordial radionuclides and 137Cs were low and below the detection limits. Results of these trials have shown that investigated animal products from the natural environment around Belgrade, are radioactivity safe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade University, Bulevar Oslobodenja 18, Belgrade 11000, Serbia. radijacija@vet.bg.ac.rs
authors.forename: Vitorović
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gordana
authors.forename: Grdović
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Svetlana
authors.forename: Mitrović
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Branislava
authors.forename: Obradović
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Milan
authors.forename: Petrujkić
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Branko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D002417:Cattle; D002611:Cheese; D047852:Chernobyl Nuclear Accident; D003670:Deer; D004531:Eggs; D005399:Fishes; D005504:Food Analysis; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006041:Goats; D008460:Meat; D011200:Poultry; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D055771:Serbia; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes