Uranium in Vitro Bioassay Action Level Used to Screen Workers For Chronic Inhalation Intakes of Uranium Mill Tailings
| Autor: | Carlson Ds, Turner Jb, Reif Rh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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inorganic chemicals
Time Factors Urinalysis Epidemiology Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis chemistry.chemical_element Urine complex mixtures Occupational Exposure Radioactive contamination medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radionuclide Inhalation medicine.diagnostic_test Chemistry Thorium technology industry and agriculture Uranium Tailings Remedial action Environmental chemistry Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | Health Physics. 63:398-401 |
| ISSN: | 0017-9078 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00004032-199210000-00003 |
| Popis: | A uranium in vitro bioassay (urinalysis) action level was derived for use at the Department of Energy's Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project sites to identify chronic inhalation intakes of uranium mill tailings causing 0.5 mSv (50 mrem) annual effective dose equivalent. All radionuclides in the 238U decay chain that contribute 1% or more to the annual effective dose equivalent from an inhalation intake of uranium mill tailings were included in the derivation of the urinalysis action level. Using a chronic inhalation intake model, the uranium urinalysis action level for a 24-h urine sample, collected on a quarterly schedule, was calculated to be 1.5 micrograms. |
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