Radiocesium levels measured in breast milk one year after the reactor accident at Chernobyl

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Health Phys.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6536790

Assimakopoulos, P A; Ioannides, K G; Pakou, A A; Lolis, D; Zikopoulos, K; Dusias, B

One hundred-two samples of colostral milk, collected during spring of 1987, approximately one year after the reactor accident at Chernobyl, were measured for radiocesium contamination. The data showed a normal-type distribution with a mean contamination concentration of 16.4 Bq L-1. A weak correlation of the data to the mothers' diet was established by taking into account four of the main staples in the area. The corresponding transfer coefficient was deduced with a value of fm = 0.06 +/- 0.03 d L-1. The resultant effective dose received by breast-feeding infants was estimated, on the average, as 0.012 mrem d-1.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Ioannina (Greece)
• OSTI ID: 6536790
• Journal Information: Health Phys.; (United States), Vol. 56:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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