Screening methods for estimating tritium dose.
Health Phys
; 94(2 Suppl): S34-7, 2008 Feb.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18192797
ABSTRACT
Tritium intake may occur in certain workplaces by design or by accident. If the health physics staff has developed a formal bioassay program, then it is likely that dose estimates from tritium intake are readily determinable. However, in the case of tritium intake at a facility where no formal program exists, it may be necessary to make simple confirmatory estimates of dose due to tritium exposure. Lifetime dose estimates may be calculated by using data from urine samples taken over a period of time. If urine data are unavailable, estimates of committed dose equivalent may be made with air sample data and knowledge of workplace activities.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Radiation Dosage
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Tritium
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Water Pollutants, Radioactive
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Food Contamination, Radioactive
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Occupational Exposure
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Air Pollutants, Radioactive
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Health Phys
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States