TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mitrovic, Branislava M.
AU  - Grdovic, Svetlana N.
AU  - Vitorovic, Gordana S.
AU  - Vitorovic, Dusko P.
AU  - Pantelić, Gordana K.
AU  - Grubic, Goran A.
PY  - 2014
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/233
AB  - Herbal teas are an important part of traditional medicine in Serbia. The objective of the present study was to determine the activity concentrations of K-40 and Cs-137 in herbal tea, using the gamma spectroscopy method. The samples were collected during the period 2011-2012 in three mountain regions in Western and Central Serbia. The activity concentrations of K-40 and Cs-137 were found to be in the range of 130-1160 and 0.7-124 Bq kg(-1), respectively. The average annual effective dose equivalents from ingestion of K-40 and Cs-137 for an adult person consuming one cup of herbal tea daily were found to be 588.4-5250.2 nSv for K-40 and 4.0-706.1 nSv for Cs-137. Our investigation showed that the herbal teas originating from Maljen, Zlatibor and Tara mountains are radiologically safe for human consumption.
T2  - Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies
T1  - Cs-137 and K-40 in some traditional herbal teas collected in the mountain regions of Serbia
VL  - 50
IS  - 4
SP  - 538
EP  - 545
DO  - 10.1080/10256016.2014.964233
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Mitrovic, Branislava M. and Grdovic, Svetlana N. and Vitorovic, Gordana S. and Vitorovic, Dusko P. and Pantelić, Gordana K. and Grubic, Goran A.",
year = "2014",
abstract = "Herbal teas are an important part of traditional medicine in Serbia. The objective of the present study was to determine the activity concentrations of K-40 and Cs-137 in herbal tea, using the gamma spectroscopy method. The samples were collected during the period 2011-2012 in three mountain regions in Western and Central Serbia. The activity concentrations of K-40 and Cs-137 were found to be in the range of 130-1160 and 0.7-124 Bq kg(-1), respectively. The average annual effective dose equivalents from ingestion of K-40 and Cs-137 for an adult person consuming one cup of herbal tea daily were found to be 588.4-5250.2 nSv for K-40 and 4.0-706.1 nSv for Cs-137. Our investigation showed that the herbal teas originating from Maljen, Zlatibor and Tara mountains are radiologically safe for human consumption.",
journal = "Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies",
title = "Cs-137 and K-40 in some traditional herbal teas collected in the mountain regions of Serbia",
volume = "50",
number = "4",
pages = "538-545",
doi = "10.1080/10256016.2014.964233"
}

Mitrovic, B. M., Grdovic, S. N., Vitorovic, G. S., Vitorovic, D. P., Pantelić, G. K.,& Grubic, G. A.. (2014). Cs-137 and K-40 in some traditional herbal teas collected in the mountain regions of Serbia. in Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 50(4), 538-545.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10256016.2014.964233

Mitrovic BM, Grdovic SN, Vitorovic GS, Vitorovic DP, Pantelić GK, Grubic GA. Cs-137 and K-40 in some traditional herbal teas collected in the mountain regions of Serbia. in Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies. 2014;50(4):538-545.
doi:10.1080/10256016.2014.964233 .

Mitrovic, Branislava M., Grdovic, Svetlana N., Vitorovic, Gordana S., Vitorovic, Dusko P., Pantelić, Gordana K., Grubic, Goran A., "Cs-137 and K-40 in some traditional herbal teas collected in the mountain regions of Serbia" in Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 50, no. 4 (2014):538-545,
https://doi.org/10.1080/10256016.2014.964233 . .