Age-dependent dynamics of caesium radionuclide content in inhabitants of the Bryansk region, Russia: A seven-year study
Age-dependent dynamics of caesium radionuclide content in inhabitants of the Bryansk region, Russia: A seven-year study
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a033061
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发表时间:
2000-01-01
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1
通讯作者:
Alpsten, M
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作者:
Jesko, T;Zvonova, I;Alpsten, M
From 1991 to 1998, workers from Russia and Sweden performed measurements to estimate the internal exposure of the inhabitants in some villages of the Bryansk region which were severely contaminated with Cs-134 and Cs-137 after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident in 1986. The measurements of the radionuclide content in the human bodies were performed with two techniques: whole-body counting and an indirect method based on measurement of Cs-137 and creatinine concentration in urine samples. The measurement results have shown that Cs-134 and Cs-137 content in rural inhabitants depends both on natural and social factors. It is also shown that caesium radionuclides content in children increases with age and reaches the maximum values in adults. Mean whole body content of Cs-134 and Cs-137 in men higher by a factor of 1.7 than in women. The method of selective measurement of caesium radionuclides applied for estimation of average whole body content in groups concentration in collective urine samples may be successfully of persons.