Retrospective dosimetry related to chronic environmental exposure.
Radioactive contamination of the environment occurred in the early fifties as a result of the releases from the Mayak plutonium production complex (Southern Urals, Russia). The releases of liquid wastes into the Techa river resulted in chronic exposure of 30,000 residents of the riverside communities. Since 1951 90Sr body burdens have been measured for over half of this cohort. This paper presents the analysis of data on 90Sr in humans and describes the reconstruction of internal doses for these people.
Degteva
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Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine, Medgorodok, Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Kozheurov
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Tolstykh
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D001344:Autopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000737:chemistry; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D011005:Plutonium; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D011874:Radiometry; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012426:Russia; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D014070:Tooth / Q000737:chemistry; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*
D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive; D011005:Plutonium