Published 1987 | Version v1
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Whole-body counter measurement of the contamination of persons exposed following the Chernobyl accident

Creators

  • 1. Brussels Univ. (Belgium). Inst. Jules Bordet

Description

The incorporated radioactivity arising from the Chernobyl reactor accident has been measured by whole body counter on 4 persons coming from Eastern European countries, among them one from Kiev, and on a person living near Chernobyl, in August 86. According to the results computer, the highest 131I intake (in Kiev) corresponds to 92,5 kBq (2,5μCi); incorporation in a foetus was demonstrated and the whole body activity expressed in counts/m2 body surface was not proportional to the distance between the place of residence and Chernobyl. Use of 'iodine pills', change in alimentary habits and the fact of leaving the contaminated zone sooner, diminished altogether the absorbed radioactivity. 10 refs

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Mesure, par le compteur humain total, des contaminations de personnes exposees suite a l'accident de Tchernobyl

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Bull. Mem. Acad. R. Med. Belg.
Journal Volume
142
Journal Issue
4-5
Series
Bull. Mem. Acad. R. Med. Belg.
Journal Page Range
286-296
ISSN
0377-8231
CODEN
BMABD

INIS

Country of Publication
Belgium
Country of Input or Organization
Belgium
INIS RN
19050061
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Descriptors DEI
BIOLOGICAL HALF-LIFE; CESIUM 137; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; CONTAMINATION; DISTANCE; FETUSES; GAMMA SPECTROMETERS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; INTAKE; IODINE; IODINE 131; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; THYROID; UPTAKE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; GLANDS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; HALOGENS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NONMETALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; POPULATIONS; POWER REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; SPECTROMETERS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES