Acta Vet. Brno 2016, 85: 105-112

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201685010105

Artificial environmental radionuclides in Europe and methods of lowering their foodstuff contamination – a review

Katarína Beňová1, Petr Dvořák2, Martin Tomko1, Marcel Falis3

1University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Biology and Genetics, Košice, Slovak Republic
2University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Brno, Czech Republic
3University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Košice, Slovak Republic

Received September 16, 2015
Accepted February 10, 2016

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