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Measurement of Gamma Radioactivity in a Group of Control Subjects from the Stockholm Area During 1959-1963

Abstract

Repeated measurements of the gamma radioactivity in a group of control subjects have been made since June 1959, using a whole body counter scintillation spectrometer. The body contents of cesium-137 and potassium-40 and their trends with time have been determined. The cesium-137 values have been compared with the results from measurements of the fallout rate of cesium-137 and the concentration of cesium-137 in milk. The control group study was carried out to obtain information about the gamma radioactivity situation in the general population. Such an investigation is necessary if one wants to measure occupational contamination at low levels.
Publication Date:
Aug 15, 1963
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
AE-119
Resource Relation:
Other Information: 10 refs., 9 figs., 6 tabs.
Subject:
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; ACTIVITY LEVELS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING; RADIOACTIVITY; CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40; FALLOUT; MILK; TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS
OSTI ID:
20930954
Research Organizations:
AB Atomenergi, Nykoeping (Sweden)
Country of Origin:
Sweden
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: SE0708365
Availability:
Commercial reproduction prohibited; OSTI as DE20930954
Submitting Site:
SWDN
Size:
24 pages
Announcement Date:
Oct 01, 2007

Citation Formats

Andersson, I Oe, Nilsson, I, and Eckerstig, K. Measurement of Gamma Radioactivity in a Group of Control Subjects from the Stockholm Area During 1959-1963. Sweden: N. p., 1963. Web.
Andersson, I Oe, Nilsson, I, & Eckerstig, K. Measurement of Gamma Radioactivity in a Group of Control Subjects from the Stockholm Area During 1959-1963. Sweden.
Andersson, I Oe, Nilsson, I, and Eckerstig, K. 1963. "Measurement of Gamma Radioactivity in a Group of Control Subjects from the Stockholm Area During 1959-1963." Sweden.
@misc{etde_20930954,
title = {Measurement of Gamma Radioactivity in a Group of Control Subjects from the Stockholm Area During 1959-1963}
author = {Andersson, I Oe, Nilsson, I, and Eckerstig, K}
abstractNote = {Repeated measurements of the gamma radioactivity in a group of control subjects have been made since June 1959, using a whole body counter scintillation spectrometer. The body contents of cesium-137 and potassium-40 and their trends with time have been determined. The cesium-137 values have been compared with the results from measurements of the fallout rate of cesium-137 and the concentration of cesium-137 in milk. The control group study was carried out to obtain information about the gamma radioactivity situation in the general population. Such an investigation is necessary if one wants to measure occupational contamination at low levels.}
place = {Sweden}
year = {1963}
month = {Aug}
}