137Cs and 90Sr in the human food chain in the Republic of Croatia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

137Cs and 90Sr in the human food chain in the Republic of Croatia

Published:1996-10-01 Issue:4 Volume:7 Page:33-35
ISSN:0956-6163
Container-title:Environmental Management and Health
language:en
Short-container-title:

Author:

Lokobauer Nevenka,Franic Zdenko,Bauman Alica

Abstract

The transfer of radionuclides from fallout to individual foods has been studied continuously in several areas in the Republic of Croatia, since 1959. Investigations focus on the long‐lived fission radionuclides: 137Cs and 90Sr. In order to estimate doses received by the Croatian population the Caesium and Strontium levels in their diets were calculated and analysed. According to the results obtained the risk to the population from 137Cs and 90Sr ingestion was highest over the 1960s and in the year of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, but the content of radionuclides in the foods were below the permissible levels.

Publisher

Emerald

Reference5 articles.

1. 1Fowler, E.B. (Ed.), Radioactive Fallout, Soils, Plants, Foods, Man, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1965.

2. 2United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation, United Nations, New York, NY, 1977.

3. 3United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), Sources, Effects and Risks of Ionizing Radiation, United Nations, New York, NY, 1988.

4. 4World Health Organization (WHO), Derived Intervention Levels for Radionuclides in Food, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1988.

5. 5International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources, IAEA, Vienna, 1996.