title: Mayak Worker Dosimetry System 2008 (MWDS-2008): assessment of internal dose from measurement results of plutonium activity in urine.
abstract: A new modification of the prior human lung compartment plutonium model, Doses-2005, has been described. The modified model was named "Mayak Worker Dosimetry System-2008" (MWDS-2008). In contrast to earlier models developed for workers at the Mayak Production Association (Mayak PA), the new model more correctly describes plutonium biokinetics and metabolism in pulmonary lymph nodes. The MWDS-2008 also provides two sets of doses estimates: one based on bioassay data and the other based on autopsy data, where available. The algorithm of internal dose calculation from autopsy data will be described in a separate paper. Results of comparative analyses of Doses-2005 and MWDS-2008 are provided. Perspectives on the further development of plutonium dosimetry are discussed.
authors: Southern Urals Biophysics Institute (SUBI), Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Region, Russia.
authors: Victor V
authors: VV
authors: Khokhryakov
authors: Valentin F
authors: VF
authors: Khokhryakov
authors: Klara G
authors: KG
authors: Suslova
authors: Vadim V
authors: VV
authors: Vostrotin
authors: Vladimir E
authors: VE
authors: Vvedensky
authors: Alexandra B
authors: AB
authors: Sokolova
authors: Melinda P
authors: MP
authors: Krahenbuhl
authors: Alan
authors: A
authors: Birchall
authors: Scott C
authors: SC
authors: Miller
authors: Anatoly E
authors: AE
authors: Schadilov
authors: Alexander V
authors: AV
authors: Ephimov
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D001681:Biological Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011005:Plutonium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000652:urine*; D011210:Power Plants; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D011005:Plutonium