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Contamination of wild mushrooms with 137Cs after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant catastrophe in the Vyshhorod District of the Kyiv region of Ukraine Cover

Contamination of wild mushrooms with 137Cs after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant catastrophe in the Vyshhorod District of the Kyiv region of Ukraine

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|Mar 2025

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Language: English
Page range: 63 - 79
Submitted on: Oct 14, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 3, 2025
Published on: Mar 26, 2025
Published by: University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Mathematics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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