Body potassium content and radiation dose from 40K to the Slovak population.

abstract：:A radiation detector constructed of common household materials was developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) by Cresson H. Kearny and has been referred to as the Kearny Fallout Meter (KFM). Developed during the height of the Cold War, the KFM was intended to place a radiation meter capable of measuring fallout...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： McDonald JT,West WG,Kearfott KJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model is presented to analyze the retention of Pu in the major deposition organs of the beagle dog and predict the dynamic behavior of skeletal labels. The kinetic part describing the gross organ distribution was represented by a compartment model. A fit to empirical retention equations of liver and skeleton yielded...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Polig E

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The threat of radiation exposure from warfare or radiation accidents raises the need for appropriate animal models to study the acute and chronic effects of high dose rate radiation exposure. The goal of this study was to assess the late development of fibrosis in multiple organs (kidney, heart, and lung) in survivors...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Unthank JL,Miller SJ,Quickery AK,Ferguson EL,Wang M,Sampson CH,Chua HL,DiStasi MR,Feng H,Fisher A,Katz BP,Plett PA,Sandusky GE,Sellamuthu R,Vemula S,Cohen EP,MacVittie TJ,Orschell CM

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:The aim of this paper is to compare and contrast the needs for biodosimetry for initial triage for military forces and civilian populations when there are radiation exposures that involve potentially a large number of persons. Several differences in the likely scenarios for exposure of military forces include a greate...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Swartz HM,Flood AB,Williams BB,Meineke V,Dörr H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of electron paramagnetic resonance dosimetry using tooth enamel was established in the late 1960s, and considerable research has been conducted to learn more about the benefits of using human teeth as dosimeters for the purpose of retrospective dose reconstruction. Comparatively few studies have been don...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Harshman A,Johnson T

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apparent risk of childhood leukemia resulting from paternal pre-conception radiation exposure found among children of the Sellafield (West Cumbria, UK) workforce is compared with the apparent risk in a number of other epidemiological studies. In particular, the extent of the incompatibility of the leukemia pre-con...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Little MP,Charles MW,Wakeford R

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mathematical simulations and benchmark measurements were performed to assess the impact that normal variations in human calcium content have on in vivo K x-ray fluorescence measurements of lead in bone. Four sets of cortical bone tissue simulants were fabricated containing from 20.8% to 23.8% calcium (by weight) for m...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Lodwick CJ,Lodwick JC,Spitz HB

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was motivated by the efforts to evaluate radiation risk for leukemia incidence in the Techa River cohort, where the main bone marrow dose contributors were Sr (bone-seeking beta emitters). Energy deposition in bone marrow targets was evaluated by simulating radiation particle transport using computational p...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Shishkina EA,Timofeev YS,Volchkova AY,Sharagin PA,Zalyapin VI,Degteva MO,Smith MA,Napier BA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This commentary evaluates two sets of guidelines for human exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy, focusing on the frequency range above the "transition" frequency at 3-10 GHz where the guidelines change their basic restrictions from specific absorption rate to incident power density, through the end of the RF band at...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Foster KR,Ziskin MC,Balzano Q

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have simulated the head geometry of a Varian Clinac 2100C/2300C medical accelerator in a Monte Carlo calculation to produce photoneutrons and transport them through the head shielding into a typical therapy room (modeled by a test cell at Varian Associates). The fast neutron leakage fluence and energy spectra have ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kase KR,Mao XS,Nelson WR,Liu JC,Kleck JH,Elsalim M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sometimes the results of measurements in radioactivity are reported as less than MDA. Over the years there have been articles informing the reader that it is incorrect to express the results of measurements as less than MDA. A very brief review of past comments on expressing the results of measurements precedes a disc...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Potter WE

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expressions are derived in three cases for the expectation and uncertainty of body burdens and doses calculated from a linear model of environmental transport and human metabolism in terms of expectation and uncertainty in inputs of discrete, stochastic random variables. Three cases are compared to determine the relat...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kercher JR,Robison WL

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radon-222 concentrations in the air of 12 tourist caves in Slovenia, Yugoslavia were measured. In almost all the caves concentrations are higher than in the outdoor air, with the highest concentration in the Tabor Cave at about 6000 Bq m-3. From the 222Rn concentrations obtained, the activity of 222Rn inhaled by a vis...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kobal I,Smodis B,Burger J,Skofljanec M

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The longterm behavior of 137Cs in milk of a Bavarian farm (farm A) deposited as a consequence of the Chernobyl accident has been followed from April 1986 until August 1994. On the basis of activity measurements in milk and feed, transfer coefficients for the different seasons have been estimated in order to see any ch...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Voigt G,Rauch F,Paretzke HG

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was directed by Congress to assess the risk of thyroid cancer from 131I associated with fallout from the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) was requested by DHHS to address Public Law 97-414, Section 7 (...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Wachholz BW

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multifaceted radiochemical testing procedure has been developed to analyze a large number of liquid samples and measure a wide range of radionuclides in a short period of time. This method involves a single, unique and fast sample preparation procedure and allows sequential/concurrent determination of analytes with ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Parsa B,Henitz JB,Carter JA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fallout 239,240Pu concentrations in some autopsy tissues from the general population in Japan are described. Body burden and relative distribution among tissues of plutonium were obtained by extrapolating using the mass of relevant tissues of the normal Japanese adult. 239,240Pu-to-90Sr body burden ratio was obtained....

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kawamura H,Tanaka G

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data were obtained from the literature for gonad and body weights and for the Pu or Ce content of the gonads and body at death for several laboratory animal species, five human Pu injection cases, and 731 human adults exposed environmentally to Pu in fallout. Data for Pu concentration in gonads, liver, and bone sample...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Thomas RG,Durbin PW,McInroy JF,Healy JW

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some preliminary considerations from the management of post-accident situations connected to large scale and high land contamination are presented. The return to normal, or at least acceptable living conditions, as soon as reasonably achievable, and the prevention of the possible emergence of a post-accident crisis is...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Lochard J,Prêtre S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. Department of Energy initiated the Radiation Exposure Review Project to provide a critical reexamination of radiation doses to people resulting from testing nuclear devices at the Nevada Test Site. One part of this effort focused on the dose resulting from the ingestion of contaminated food. The PATHWAY radio...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kirchner TB,Whicker FW,Anspaugh LR,Ng YC

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current feasibility of protecting emergency responders through bone marrow selective shielding is highlighted in the recent OECD/NEA report on severe accident management. Until recently, there was no effective personal protection from externally penetrating gamma radiation. In Chernobyl, first-responders wore make...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Waterman G,Kase K,Orion I,Broisman A,Milstein O

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation doses to workers at the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) and Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) sites due to external irradiation during 1940-1960 are reviewed. Categorized radiation dose data were available from AEC annual reports for some years. Annual individual radiation dose data for nine MED/AEC sites for...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Strom DJ,Smith MH,Swinth KL,Pettengill HJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A personal 222Rn and gamma-ray detector has been developed. The detector precision is limited only by the Poisson counting error and has a lower limit of detection in this study of 4.5 kBq m-3 h (4 pCi L-1 day). The detector was used in a study of 52 homes in Illinois to measure the personal exposure vs. the simultane...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Harley NH,Chittaporn P,Roman MH,Sylvester J

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：:The yield of chromosome aberrations (dicentric and ring chromosomes) was determined for five patients who had been extensively exposed to diagnostic x rays. Remarkably high aberration yields were obtained for each of them leading to correspondingly high equivalent whole body doses ("biological dosimetry"). The contrib...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Weber J,Scheid W,Traut H

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionizing radiation is a known and well-quantified human cancer risk factor, based on a remarkably consistent body of information from epidemiological studies of exposed populations. Typical examples of risk estimation include use of Japanese atomic bomb survivor data to estimate future risk from radiation-related canc...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Land CE

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been concern that living near nuclear installations might increase the risk of cancer, including childhood leukemia, in surrounding communities. Such concern has been voiced by residents in Armstrong and Westmoreland Counties in Western Pennsylvania in conjunction with the operation of two former nuclear mat...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Boice JD Jr,Bigbee WL,Mumma MT,Blot WJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to present data gathered in the evaluation of the BD-100R neutron bubble dosimeter done at the University of Maryland and the Naval Research Lab. The performance of 12 dosimeters has been followed over 15 exposure-recharge cycles under a wide range of exposure conditions. Included in this ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Millett M,Munno F,Ebert D,Nelson M

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental data are given on the content of genetically related pairs of radionuclides (226Ra and 222Rn; 224Ra and 220Rn) in soils and the above-ground phytomass of plants growing on plots with differing genesis of the higher concentrations of natural radionuclides in soils. Methods for determining gaseous radionucl...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Taskayev AI,Popova ON,Alexakhin RM,Testov BV

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00