title: A Brazilian government external individual monitoring service: experience since 1972.
abstract: Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria, a Brazilian government research institute, provides individual monitoring services since 1972. Its dosemeters are: film-based thorax for whole body photons, thermoluminescence dosimetry (TLD) albedo for whole body neutrons and TLD ring for extremity photons. About 6000 radiation workers are currently being monitored with film dosemeters in 256 different facilities in Brazil, most of them working in health-related activities. Around 400 Brazilian radiation workers are monitored with TLD albedo neutron monitor and about 500 workers use TLD rings. This paper describes the monitoring systems used, presents the results obtained in internal quality programs and in intercomparison exercises and analyses the measured dose values from 1985 to 2009.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria, IRD, Av Salvador Allende s/n, 22780-160 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Claudia L P
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Mauricio
authors.forename: Marcelo M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Elisabete Vargas
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Denison
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Souza-Santos
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004867:Equipment Design; D005373:Film Dosimetry / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006077:Government Agencies; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009502:Neutrons; D055848:Nuclear Power Plants; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011786:Quality Control; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards*; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*