Correlation of Radiation Exposure and Lead-210 in Uranium Miners

Black, S.C.; Archer, Victor E.; Dixon, Willard C.; Saccomanno, Geno

doi:10.1097/00004032-196802000-00001

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“…[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] years, that of Y (3) was 0.3 (range 0.0-2.6) p.mol/I, and that of T V2 (3) was > 100 (range 4.9-00) years.…”

Section: Mathematical Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Kinetics of lead in blood after the end of occupational exposure.

Schütz¹,

Skerfving²,

Ranstam³

et al. 1987

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] years, that of Y (3) was 0.3 (range 0.0-2.6) p.mol/I, and that of T V2 (3) was > 100 (range 4.9-00) years.…”

Section: Mathematical Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Kinetics of lead in blood after the end of occupational exposure.

Schütz¹,

Skerfving²,

Ranstam³

et al. 1987

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…According to the literature, the mean 210 Pb concentration in the urine of an occupationally unexposed population is around 10 mBq l -1 with variation from 6 to 69 mBq l -1 (Bauman and Horvat 1981; Black et al 1968;Ladinskaya et al 1973;Okabayashi 1982;Santos et al 1994Santos et al , 1995Schäfer et al 2006;Spencer et al 1977;Spitz et al 1977). In the present study, the mean 210 Pb concentration in urine for the control group was 20 mBq l -1 (median 14 mBq l -1 ).…”

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Natural variation in 210Po and 210Pb activity concentrations in the urine of Finnish population groups

Muikku

Heikkinen

Solatie

et al. 2011

Radiat Environ Biophys

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A study to determine activity concentrations of (210)Pb and (210)Po in the urine of certain Finnish population groups was conducted, to investigate the variation in natural background level of urinary excretion. The study participants were divided into three groups mainly based on their diet. The first group comprised recreational fishermen and the second group represented people consuming more reindeer meat than an average Finn, while people using drinking water with very high activity concentrations of (210)Po were selected for the third group. The fourth group was a control group. The mean urinary excretion of (210)Po in groups 1 and 2 was 73 and 100 mBq d(-1), respectively. These values were higher than the value of the control group (20 mBq d(-1)) and the mean values reported in the literature. The mean daily urinary excretion of (210)Pb in groups 1 and 2, 70 and 52 mBq d(-1), was also slightly higher than that in the control group (32 mBq d(-1)). In contrast, the excretion rates of both (210)Po and (210)Pb for the members of group 3 were one to two orders of magnitude higher than those reported in the literature. This was clearly due to the elevated levels of natural radionuclides in their drinking water. The present study demonstrates the importance of possessing good knowledge of the background levels, in order to allow the determination of the additional exposure due, for example, to the malevolent use of radiation.

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“…This deposited in the bottom of the U-tube and dissolved very rapidly when the tube was rinsed with water. Bands of COF 2 , 72 » 73 CO, 7 "** 75 and C0 2 , 76 were observed in infrared spectra of the gas samples. COF 2 and C0 2 were quantitatively removed from the effluent gas by a 10 g bed of soda-lime.…”

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Development of a radiochemical method for analyzing radon gas in uranium mine atmospheres: covering the period February 3, 1975--March 31, 1976

Stein¹,

Shearer²,

Hohorst³

et al. 1977

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A simplified radiochemical method has been developed for quantitatively analyzing radon gas in underground uranium mines. In this method, a measured volume of air is drawn by a pump through a drying tube and a cartridge containing dioxygenyl hexafluoroantimonate reagent. Radon is captured as a nonvolatile product. After radioactive equilibrium has been established between radon and its short-lived daughters (approximately 4 hours), the gamma-emission of the cartridge is measured with a scintillation counter. The amount of radon is then calculated from the gamma-emission rate. The effect of cartridge geometry, reagent load, and air flow rate upon collection efficiency and counting efficiency is reported.

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Correlation of Radiation Exposure and Lead-210 in Uranium Miners

Cited by 24 publications

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Kinetics of lead in blood after the end of occupational exposure.

Kinetics of lead in blood after the end of occupational exposure.

Natural variation in 210Po and 210Pb activity concentrations in the urine of Finnish population groups

Development of a radiochemical method for analyzing radon gas in uranium mine atmospheres: covering the period February 3, 1975--March 31, 1976

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