Lifetime cancer risk increase due to consumption of some foods from a High Background Radiation Area.
Appl Radiat Isot
; 176: 109855, 2021 Oct.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34246164
Activity concentration (AC) in foods produced and commonly consumed in a High Background Radiation Area (HBRA) was analyzed. The AC were obtained by spectrophotometry and by the radiochemical separation method. The AC were up to 104 times higher than the AC for both UNSCEAR suggested values and non-HBRA. It was noted that the lifetime cancer risk was increased in 4 decimal places, taking the risk from the "statistically negligible range" (<10-6) to "middle range" (between 10-4 and 10-6).
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Radiação de Fundo
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Contaminação de Alimentos
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Exposição Dietética
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Appl Radiat Isot
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA NUCLEAR
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SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Reino Unido