title: Uncertainty analysis in the task of individual monitoring data.
abstract: Assessment of internal doses is an essential component of individual monitoring programmes for workers and consists of two stages: individual monitoring measurements and interpretation of the monitoring data in terms of annual intake and/or annual internal dose. The overall uncertainty in assessed dose is a combination of the uncertainties in these stages. An algorithm and a computer code were developed for estimating the uncertainty in the assessment of internal dose in the task of individual monitoring data interpretation. Two main influencing factors are analysed in this paper: the unknown time of the exposure and variability of bioassay measurements. The aim of this analysis is to show that the algorithm is applicable in designing an individual monitoring programme for workers so as to guarantee that the individual dose calculated from individual monitoring measurements does not exceed a required limit with a certain confidence probability.
authors.affiliation: The State Research Center, Institute of Biophysics, 123182, Moscow Zhivopisnaja, 46, Russia. almol@atom.ru
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Molokanov
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Badjin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gasteva
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Antipin
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018401:Sample Size; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes