MEASUREMENT OF URANIUM IN URINE, HAIR AND NAILS IN SUBJECTS OF NISKA BANJA TOWN, A HIGH NATURAL BACKGROUND RADIATION AREA OF SERBIA
| Autor: | R. Kritsananuwat, N. Veselinović, Sarata Kumar Sahoo, Zdenka Stojanovska, Hideki Arae, Shinji Tokonami, Zora S. Žunić, Ljudmila Benedik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult
Male Veterinary medicine Population chemistry.chemical_element Urine Urinalysis 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Radiation Monitoring Long period medicine Background Radiation Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging education Natural radioactivity Aged 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Aged 80 and over Radionuclide education.field_of_study Radiation integumentary system Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Middle Aged Radiation Exposure Uranium Biological materials medicine.anatomical_structure Nails chemistry Nail (anatomy) Female business Serbia Hair |
| Zdroj: | Radiation Protection Dosimetry |
| ISSN: | 1742-3406 0144-8420 |
| Popis: | Urine, hair and nail samples were collected from a population of both sex aged from 40 to 87 years in Niška Banja (227 km south of Belgrade, Serbia) with a high level of natural radioactivity (HLNRA). To assess and monitor the public exposure, urine samples for each subject (24 h period) were collected and concentration of uranium (U) was analysed using alpha-particle spectrometry. Human hair and nails considered as bio-indicators of the public exposure to radionuclides over a long period of months or even years and concentration of U was determined using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. The mean concentrations of U in urine, hair and nail were 123 ng/L, 17 ng/g and 8 ng/g, respectively. There was a large variation and may be due to geological origin. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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