Individual thyroid dose estimation for a case-control study of Chernobyl-related thyroid cancer among children of Belarus-part I: 131I, short-lived radioiodines (132I, 133I, 135I), and short-lived radiotelluriums (131MTe and 132Te).

abstract：:Coyote fecal samples were collected near a radioactive waste leaching pond and a solid radioactive waste disposal facility and analyzed for radioactivity. Elevated concentrations of 137Cs, 90Sr and 238Pu in the samples from the liquid radioactive waste leaching area were attributed to coyotes ingesting contaminated po...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Arthur WJ 3rd,Markham OD

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for occupational exposure to radiation are based on annual absorbed or effective dose. Guidelines for Rn exposure are currently based on air concentrations of Rn or decay products. Models of bronchial dose from decay product exposure are based on calculations that have five major parameters with parameter v...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Harley NH

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout 53 years of operations, an estimated 29,300 TBq of tritium were released to the atmosphere at the Livermore site of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL); about 75% of this was released as tritium gas primarily in two accidental releases. A tritium dose reconstruction was undertaken to chronicle bot...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Peterson SR

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The revised standard for sampling effluent air from stacks and ducts of the nuclear industry places limits on the non-uniformity of velocity and contaminant profiles at the sampling location; namely, the coefficients of variation must not exceed 20% over an area that encompasses at least the center 2/3 of the cross se...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： McFarland AR,Gupta R,Anand NK

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiopharmaceutical therapy involves the use of radionuclides that are either conjugated to tumor-targeting agents (e.g., nanoscale constructs, antibodies, peptides, and small molecules) or that concentrate in tumors through natural physiological mechanisms that occur predominantly in neoplastic cells. In the latter c...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Sgouros G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing risk from manmade and naturally occurring radionuclides in the environment has long been of primary interest in radiation protection. Early investigations and decisions relied on direct measurements of radiation in environmental media; however, these techniques were inadequate for determining exposure to hum...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Till JE

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemopoietic stem cell assays allow investigation of local radiation damage at any time after contamination. These techniques were used to determine the relative effectiveness of 241Am and 226Ra in inducing damage in various cortical and trabecular bone marrow sites. Male Balb/c mice were injected with either 230 or 6...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Schoeters GE,Vanderborght OL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The (90)Sr and (137)Cs activities of soil, plant, and milk samples from the village of Dolon, located close to the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site in Kazakhstan, were determined. The areal deposition at the nine sampling sites is in the range of <500 to 6,100 Bq m(-2) and 300 to 7,900 Bq m-2 for (90)Sr and (137)Cs, re...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Gastberger M,Steinhäusler F,Gerzabek MH,Hubmer A,Lettner H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose rates from contaminated soil and hot particles have been calculated for several organs of a reference human. The calculation was performed using the computer code QAD-CGGP, a point kernel code employing combinatorial geometry for the representation of the human phantom. QAD uses buildup factors based on the geome...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Tsoulfanidis N,Phillips K

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliable radon laboratory operations motivated the construction of three radon gas calibration chambers. One chamber is used for background calibrations while the other two cover a radon gas concentration range of 110 to >5,550 Bq m(-3) (3-150 pCi L(-1)). The chambers entered commercial service, for tertiary radon cal...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Distenfeld CH

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sorption of tin ions on human teeth from water and other drinks has been studied by the radioactive tracer technique using the isotope 113Sn (T(1/2) = 115.1 d) as a tracer. The tooth holds a minimum amount of tin from coffee and a maximum amount is held from water and from tea with sugar. The same technique was al...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Helal AA,Alian GA,Madbouly HA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuously repeated or frequent periodic measurements of the radiation environment in the absence of an identified source of ionizing radiation provide large data sets on the ambient background. Statistical evaluation of these data allows for the identification and quantification of the relevant background distribut...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Brandl A

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When measuring radioactivity, the problem rises of deciding whether or not a sample contains radioactivity in excess of background and above which value the result is meaningful. This decision process is why the notion of decision level was introduced. Whereas there is unanimity about its definition, this is not the c...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Rigaud D

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on anecdotal evidence and networking with colleagues at other facilities, it has become evident that some radiation safety departments are not adequately staffed and radiation safety professionals need to increase their staffing levels. Discussions with management regarding radiation safety department staffing o...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Harvey RP

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews studies of progenitor mobilization with gamma-tocotrienol (GT3), a tocol under advanced development as a radiation countermeasure for acute radiation syndrome (ARS). GT3 protects mice against high doses of ionizing radiation and induces high levels of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)....

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Singh VK,Fatanmi OO,Verma A,Newman VL,Wise SY,Romaine PL,Berg AN

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, data on exposures of humans as well as animals to fission products in plumes emitted by underground Soviet tests have been declassified by the Khazakhstan government and published in English. Similar human intakes of gross fission product mixtures that caused acute prodromal symptoms have not been previously...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Brodsky A,Reeves G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis and evaluation of 241Am in the whole body of a donor to the U.S. Transuranium Registry (USTR) is presented in five parts. The USTR donor's pertinent medical history, autopsy findings and antemortem evaluations of intake and systemic burden are described in Parts I and II. The donor was a 49-yr-old male Cau...

journal_title：Health physics

authors：

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical health physics is the profession dedicated to the protection of healthcare providers, members of the public, and patients from unwarranted radiation exposure. Medical health physicists must be knowledgeable in the principles of health physics and in the applications of radiation in medicine. Advances in medica...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Vetter RJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine thyroid glands from different countries in Europe and human thyroid glands from Lower Saxony (Federal Republic of Germany) show isotopic 129I/127I ratios of 2.1 X 10(-9) to 8.2 X 10(-8) for cattle and 2.1 X 10(-9) to 8 X 10(-8) in humans. These values give information about the concentration of fallout 129I in ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Handl J,Pfau A,Huth FW

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The data presented show early results from a longitudinal survey of "therapeutic" ultrasonic instrument performance in clinical physiotherapy. Previous studies undertaken in North America and the United Kingdom have shown that these units tend not to be scientifically tested and recalibrated, and have been found to ha...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Fyfe MC,Parnell SM

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photon interaction parameters such as mass attenuation coefficient (μ/ρ), effective atomic number (Z eff) and effective electron density (N el) must be identical for the phantom material and their tissue. In the present study, the μ/ρ, Z eff, and N el for muscle, breast, lung tissue have been computed, and their s...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Manjunatha HC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ and laboratory gamma spectroscopy were used to characterize natural background levels of radiation in the soil at eight sites around the Yucca Mountain Range. The purpose of this practical field analysis was to determine if published empirical in situ calibration factors would yield accurate quantitative speci...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Benke RR,Kearfott KJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the findings of a study undertaken to determine the natural radioactivity present in some building materials in Nigeria using a gamma-ray spectrometer with a hyper pure germanium detector. A total of 118 samples of commonly used building materials were collected from manufacturers and suppliers of ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Ademola JA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiations accidents involving high exposures require accurate assessment of radiation dose for correct surgical or medical management. Techniques involving computed tomography and antimyosin-antibody scintigraphy were evaluated in an experimental model of acute localized irradiation overexposure to 192Ir. Ten rabbits...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Albérini JL,Lefaix JL,Bansard JY,Bourguet P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work summarizes the measurements and associated environmental dosimetry of reactor-released 137Cs and 134Cs and weapons-produced 137Cs in samples of water, shoreline sediment and fish collected from 1971 to 1980 in the Hudson River Estuary. Trends observed in annual mean concentrations and the resultant dose impl...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Linsalata P,Hickman D,Cohen N

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparatively little research has been published on radioactive contamination from nuclear medicine patients using hospital toilet facilities. The present study was undertaken to obtain an estimate of the amount of restroom contamination found in a typical 700-bed community hospital as a result of nuclear medicine pro...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Ho SY,Shearer DR

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facing the challenge from terrorism, separatism, and extremism, China spared no effort to be prepared for every possible threat in order to host a safe Olympic Games. According to its statutory role, the Ministry of Health (MOH) is in charge of medical preparedness and response for radiological and nuclear emergencies...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Liu Y,Lei C,Qin B,Chen H,Su X

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global concerns over energy supply and climate change have given rise to an increase in uranium prospecting, mining and extraction. The changing world economy is spreading the use of advanced nuclear and radiation-related technologies to many parts of the world, giving rise to global initiatives on nuclear energy and ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kase KR,Metcalf P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant uptake of 244Cm, 137Cs, 238Pu and 90Sr was measured for trees in a flood plain forest whose soils were contaminated by aqueous discharges from a nuclear-fuel chemical separations facility. Uptake of the naturally occurring radionuclide 226Ra was also measured. The relative availability of the nuclides was 23...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Pinder JE 3rd,McLeod KW,Alberts JJ,Adriano DC,Corey JC

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In June 2006, the Radiation Studies Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a workshop to explore rapid methods of facilitating radiological triage of large numbers of potentially contaminated individuals following detonation of a radiological dispersal device. Two options were discussed. The fir...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Bolch WE,Hurtado JL,Lee C,Manger R,Burgett E,Hertel N,Dickerson W

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00