title: 137Cs uptake with cafeteria food after the Chernobyl accident.
abstract: After the Chernobyl accident, the activity concentrations of radiocesium were measured in both the meals served at the cafeteria of a research center and in the employees eating there. The time-dependent means of monthly 137Cs activities in meals and people show a similar distribution pattern with highest values between March and July 1987, i.e., only 1 y after the accident. In meals, the highest activities were found when the menu consisted of pork, milk, or milk products. The 50-y cumulative effective dose calculated from the whole-body measurements is 0.21 mSv for male and 0.15 mSv for female employees. Cafeteria food contributed only a small share to this exposure.
authors.affiliation: GSF-Institut für Strahlenschutz, Neuherberg, FRG.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Paretzke
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D005260:Female; D005507:Food Contamination, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D013995:Time; D014455:Ukraine
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes