title: Assessment of radiocesium incorporation in Austrians after the Chernobyl accident.
abstract: Residents of Vienna, Austria were whole-body counted for radiocesium content due to fallout deposited after the Chernobyl accident. Data for a 2-y period were compared with prior estimates of radiocesium body burden based on food consumption. Our results suggest that the prior estimates be revised and the rejection limit be increased by a factor of 2 for contaminated food.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Havlik
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bergmann
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001317:Austria; D001822:Body Burden; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005507:Food Contamination, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D014455:Ukraine
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D011847:Radioactive Fallout