title: The whole body incorporation of radioactive caesium in Switzerland during the last 30 years: a survey of young persons in Geneva and some measurements of Russian children.
abstract: In a cross-sectional study, each year at least twenty young men and twenty young girls about 18 years old were selected, and the body concentration of Cs-137 was measured in a whole body counter. This radioisotope, with a half-life of 30 years, originates from the atom bomb explosions in the atmosphere, which were stopped in 1963, or from the accident of Chernobyl. The concentrations due to the emissions from this reactor remained below one third of the values due to atomic bombs. The results in children from Byelorussia who spent a few weeks in Switzerland last summer are lower than what would have been expected according to the literature from Russia, but correspond to those recently obtained in situ by international scientific teams.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Geneva.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D002094:Republic of Belarus; D012737:Sex Factors; D013557:Switzerland; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes