Radiocesium Body Burdens in Immigrants to Israel from Areas of the Ukraine, Belarus and Russia Near Chernobyl
| Autor: | R. Cohen, John R. Goldsmith, R. Gorodisher, L. Noel, Michael R. Quastel, S. Polyak, G. H. Kramer, E. Kordysh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Male Adolescent Epidemiology Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Russia Environmental protection Radioactive contamination Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Israel Child Socioeconomics Aged media_common Geographic area Maximum level Infant Emigration and Immigration Middle Aged Geography Cesium Radioisotopes Child Preschool Body Burden Female Residence Radioactive Hazard Release Ukraine Soviet union Radiation Accidents RECENT IMMIGRANT |
| Zdroj: | Health Physics. 69:102-110 |
| ISSN: | 0017-9078 |
| Popis: | Of the 500,000 immigrants from the former Soviet Union who came to Israel during 1990-1993, about 100,000 are estimated to have come from radiocontaminated areas near Chernobyl. These people were subject to chronic uptake of environmental radiocesium over protracted periods. During October-November 1991, a joint Israeli-Canadian investigation measured radiocesium body burdens in immigrants to Israel from the Ukraine, Belarus, and the southern Russian republic in order to provide factual information on radiocesium levels to concerned immigrants and to relate the body burdens to the geographic area of residence before coming to Israel. Assessments were made of {sup 137}Cs body burdens in 1,228 volunteer men, women, and children. These measurements were accompanied by medical assessments based on clinical histories and examinations. Radiocesium levels were strongly dependent on the duration of residence in Israel, with the highest levels being found in the most recent immigrants. The maximum level, extrapolated back to the time of leaving the former Soviet Union, was estimated to be about 0.83 kBq (10.3 Bp kg{sup -1}). Of the most recent immigrant from the Kiev region ( 50 Bq, whereas 53% of those coming from Gomel and other towns more » in the contaminated zones (>3.7 x 10{sup 10} Bq km{sup -2} of radiocesium) had detectable levels >50 Bq. People coming from the latter region had significantly higher body burdens as compared to those from the former, in accordance with the higher degree of ground radiocesium contamination reported for the latter region. Women and children showed considerably lower total radiocesium content in comparison to men. All radiocesium body burdens at the time of measurement were too low to be of health concern. 19 refs., 3 figs., 3 tabs. « less |
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