Calculation of the uncertainty in the activity estimate for workers in the uranium industry.

Autor: Sabbir Ahmed A; Human Monitoring Laboratory, Health Canada, 775 Brookfield Road, AL 6302D, Ottawa, ON, Canada. sabbir.ahmed@hc-sc.gc.ca, Kramer GH, Allen S
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Radiation protection dosimetry [Radiat Prot Dosimetry] 2011 Jan; Vol. 143 (1), pp. 52-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Nov 12.
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq346
Abstrakt: This paper describes a methodology to calculate the uncertainty that may propagate during the uranium activity estimation for workers. An analytical expression was derived to find a relationship between measured activity and the chest wall thickness that is routinely measured for workers. The uncertainty in activity estimation was empirically calculated for 14 workers using their measured chest wall thicknesses collected over a 5 y time period.
Databáze: MEDLINE