Gamma radiation doses to people living in Western Sweden

Almgren, Sara; Isaksson, Mats; Barregård, Lars

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.10.020

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“…This group size would also be large enough to show, with 90% power, an increase in the mean value of the personal dose rates from about 0.09 mSv/h in western Sweden (Almgren et al, 2008) to 0.11 mSv/h in the present area. The variability of the measurements in the dwellings was somewhat higher than that of the personal measurements.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Based on results from a previous study (Almgren et al, 2008), we determined that a group of 25 randomly selected participants would result in a reasonably precise estimate of the average personal dose rate (standard error about 4% of the group mean). This group size would also be large enough to show, with 90% power, an increase in the mean value of the personal dose rates from about 0.09 mSv/h in western Sweden (Almgren et al, 2008) to 0.11 mSv/h in the present area.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The power to detect a small increase in Hille compared with western Sweden was therefore lower for the indoor measurements. Assuming a participation rate of about 65% (Almgren et al, 2008), 40 persons in Hille aged 20-65 years were randomly selected from the population registry and contacted by mail. A reminder was sent if necessary, and the participants were offered a remuneration after completed measurements.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…We recently performed a study of the gamma radiation doses to people living in one urban and one rural area in western Sweden in the municipalities of Gö teborg and Mark, respectively (Almgren et al, 2008). The dose received by the participants could also be estimated from the dose rates measured in their dwellings.…”

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Measurements and comparisons of gamma radiation doses in a high and a low 137Cs deposition area in Sweden

Almgren

Barregård

Isaksson

2008

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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confidence: 87%

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Measurements and comparisons of gamma radiation doses in a high and a low 137Cs deposition area in Sweden

Almgren

Barregård

Isaksson

2008

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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“…This radioactive substance in groundwater is an unwanted and involuntary risk factor from natural sources, not artificial sources. The general population inescapably (Almgren et al, 2008) receives some quantity of radiation dose due to its radioactive properties. The uranium levels vary from region to region depending on the geology, geography and geochemistry.…”

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Retracted article: Age-dependent radiation dose due to uranium in public drinking water in Hyderabad, India

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A study was done to evaluate the ingestion dose due to uranium in drinking water.The area of study is the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, India. The uranium concentration in water samples was analysed by laser-induced fluorimetry. The associated age-dependent radiation dose was estimated by taking the prescribed water intake values and dose conversion factors for different age groups. The concentration of uranium varies from below the detection limit (

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Variation of indoor radon concentration and ambient dose equivalent rate in different outdoor and indoor environments

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Boev

Žunić

et al. 2016

Radiat Environ Biophys

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Subject of this study is an investigation of the variations of indoor radon concentration and ambient dose equivalent rate in outdoor and indoor environments of 40 dwellings, 31 elementary schools and five kindergartens. The buildings are located in three municipalities of two, geologically different, areas of the Republic of Macedonia. Indoor radon concentrations were measured by nuclear track detectors, deployed in the most occupied room of the building, between June 2013 and May 2014. During the deploying campaign, indoor and outdoor ambient dose equivalent rates were measured simultaneously at the same location. It appeared that the measured values varied from 22 to 990 Bq/m(3) for indoor radon concentrations, from 50 to 195 nSv/h for outdoor ambient dose equivalent rates, and from 38 to 184 nSv/h for indoor ambient dose equivalent rates. The geometric mean value of indoor to outdoor ambient dose equivalent rates was found to be 0.88, i.e. the outdoor ambient dose equivalent rates were on average higher than the indoor ambient dose equivalent rates. All measured can reasonably well be described by log-normal distributions. A detailed statistical analysis of factors which influence the measured quantities is reported.

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Gamma radiation doses to people living in Western Sweden

Cited by 18 publications

References 16 publications

Measurements and comparisons of gamma radiation doses in a high and a low 137Cs deposition area in Sweden

Measurements and comparisons of gamma radiation doses in a high and a low 137Cs deposition area in Sweden

Retracted article: Age-dependent radiation dose due to uranium in public drinking water in Hyderabad, India

Variation of indoor radon concentration and ambient dose equivalent rate in different outdoor and indoor environments

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