title: The Latin American Biological Dosimetry Network (LBDNet).
abstract: Biological Dosimetry is a necessary support for national radiation protection programmes and emergency response schemes. The Latin American Biological Dosimetry Network (LBDNet) was formally founded in 2007 to provide early biological dosimetry assistance in case of radiation emergencies in the Latin American Region. Here are presented the main topics considered in the foundational document of the network, which comprise: mission, partners, concept of operation, including the mechanism to request support for biological dosimetry assistance in the region, and the network capabilities. The process for network activation and the role of the coordinating laboratory during biological dosimetry emergency response is also presented. This information is preceded by historical remarks on biological dosimetry cooperation in Latin America. A summary of the main experimental and practical results already obtained by the LBDNet is also included.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR), La Habana, Cuba omar@cphr.edu.cu.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: García
authors.affiliation: Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Giorgio
authors.affiliation: Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radl
authors.affiliation: Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Taja
authors.affiliation: Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Sapienza
authors.affiliation: Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Deminge
authors.affiliation: Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández Rearte
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Radioprotección y Dosimetría (IRD), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stuck Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear (CHEN), Santiago de Chile, Chile.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valdivia
authors.affiliation: Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR), La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Lamadrid
authors.affiliation: Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR), La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: González
authors.affiliation: Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR), La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.affiliation: Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR), La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mandina
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares (ININ), México DF, México.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guerrero-Carbajal
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares (ININ), México DF, México.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: ArceoMaldonado
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares (ININ), México DF, México.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Cortina Ramírez
authors.affiliation: Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear (IPEN), Lima, Perú
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Martínez-López
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Tomasso
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies; D007391:International Cooperation; D007843:Latin America; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*