title: Chernobyl fallout: internal doses to the Norwegian population and the effect of dietary advice.
abstract: Dietary studies and whole-body measurements were used to estimate the intake of radiocesium and the radiation dose received by different groups of people in Norway after the Chernobyl accident. Freshwater fish, milk, and reindeer meat were the major sources for radiocesium intake. Dietary advice, together with agricultural decontamination measures, resulted in a considerable reduction in the exposure level of the population. A majority (40-80%) of the specially selected groups (farmers-hunters and Sami reindeer herdsman) changed its diet significantly after the accident. Without dietary changes, specifically a reduction in the consumption of freshwater fish and reindeer meat, the Sami group would have had a 400-700% higher radiocesium intake, and the farmers-hunters' intake would have been up to 50% higher than what they actually had experienced.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Radiation Hygiene, Osterås, Norway.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Strand
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Selnaes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bøe
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Harbitz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andersson-Sørlie
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005507:Food Contamination, Radioactive; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D014455:Ukraine; D014915:Whole-Body Counting
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D011847:Radioactive Fallout