Estimation of annual occupational effective doses from external ionising radiation at medical institutions in Kenya
| Autor: | Geoffrey K. Korir, I. K. Korir, J. S. Wambani |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
lcsh:Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry lcsh:R895-920 Film Processor Developing country Dose profile Effective dose (radiation) Medical radiation Ionizing radiation Radiation exposure Office staff Family medicine medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Medical physics business Occupation Radiation Exposure |
| Zdroj: | SA Journal of Radiology; Vol 15, No 4 (2011) South African Journal of Radiology, Vol 15, Iss 4 (2011) |
| ISSN: | 1027-202X 2078-6778 |
| Popis: | This study details the distribution and trends of doses from occupational radiation exposure among radiation workers from participating medical institutions in Kenya, where monthly dose measurements were collected for a period of one year (January to December 2007) using thermoluminescent dosimeters. A total of 367 medical radiation workers were monitored, comprising 27% radiologists, 2% oncologists, 4% dentists, 5% physicists, 45% technologists, 4% nurses, 3% film processor technicians, 4% auxiliary staff, and 5% radiology office staff. The average annual effective dose for all subjects ranged from 1.19 to 2.52 mSv. Among these workers, technologists received the largest annual effective dose. The study forms the initiation stage of wider, comprehensive and more frequent monitoring of occupational radiation exposures and long-term investigations into its accumulation patterns, which could form the basis of future records on the detrimental effects of radiation, characteristic of workers in the medical sector, and other co-factors in a developing country such as Kenya. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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