title: Relative biological effectiveness of alpha particles at radon exposure.
abstract: The relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of alpha particles at radon exposure is estimated by comparison of radiation risks at external gamma exposure and radon exposure in different situations. For external gamma exposure, the BEIR VII model of radiation risk assessment was used. For occupational and indoor radon exposure, models such as BEIR VI, WISMUT, Tomasek's and combined miners population were considered. It was demonstrated that RBE values are strongly dependent on models of radiation risk assessment used for RBE calculation, sex of exposed peoples and age at the exposure. The average values of RBE in dependence on model of risk assessment choice are in the range from 1.5 to 12.0 for males and in the range from 0.34 to 2.7 for females.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Ecology, Sophy Kovalevskoy St., 20, Ekaterinburg 620990, Russia Ural Federal University, Mira St., 19, Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia michael@ecko.uran.ru.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhukovsky
authors.affiliation: Ural Federal University, Mira St., 19, Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bastrikova
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Ecology, Sophy Kovalevskoy St., 20, Ekaterinburg 620990, Russia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vasilyev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000465:Algorithms; D000512:Alpha Particles / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D000069079:Radiation Exposure; D011886:Radon / Q000633:toxicity; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011886:Radon