Measurement of absorbed doses from X-ray baggage examinations to tooth enamel by means of ESR and glass dosimetry.
Radiat Environ Biophys
; 47(4): 541-5, 2008 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-18648837
The contribution of radiation from X-ray baggage scans at airports on dose formation in tooth samples was investigated by electron spin resonance (ESR) dosimetry and by glass dosimetry. This was considered important, because tooth samples from population around the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (SNTS), Kazakhstan, had been transported in the past to Hiroshima University for retrospective dose assessment of these residents. Enamel samples and glass dosimeters were therefore examined at check-in time at Kansai airport (Osaka, Japan), Dubai airport (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) and Domodedovo airport (Moscow, Russia). These airports are on the route from Kazakhstan to Japan. Three different potential locations of the samples were investigated: in pocket (without X-ray scans), in a small bag (with four X-ray scans) and in large luggage (with two X-ray scans). The doses obtained by glass and ESR dosimetry methods were cross-compared. As expected, doses from X-ray examinations measured by glass dosimetry were in the microGy range, well below the ESR detection limit and also below the doses measured in enamel samples from residents of the SNTS.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Radiometría
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Manejo de Especímenes
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Bioensayo
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Artefactos
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Espectroscopía de Resonancia por Spin del Electrón
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Esmalte Dental
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Radiat Environ Biophys
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón
Pais de publicación:
Alemania