Radiocesium levels measured in breast milk one year after the reactor accident at Chernobyl
Journal Article
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· Health Phys.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6536790
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), Journal Name: Health Phys.; (United States) Vol. 56:1; ISSN HLTPA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACCIDENTS
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BODY FLUIDS
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR
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DOSES
EASTERN EUROPE
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
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GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
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LWGR TYPE REACTORS
MATERIALS
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POWER REACTORS
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RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
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THERMAL REACTORS
UPTAKE
WATER COOLED REACTORS