Journal
RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY
Volume 181, Issue 2, Pages 149-155Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncx310
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- Fundacao Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro [E-26/112.087/2012]
- Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (CNPq)
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Annual effective dose due to the consumption of K-40, Ra-226, Ra-228 and Th-228 was estimated from high-resolution gamma spectrometry, food consumption data for the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro City and dose coefficients published by the ICRP 119. A total of 31 samples of cereals, grains, vegetables, flours, liquid and perishables were analyzed. K-40 was measured in all samples, and bean sample presented highest specific concentration 489.36 +/- 23.70 Bq kg(-1). The highest specific concentration for Ra-226, Ra-228 and Th-228 was measured in pumpkin (7.82 +/- 1.09 Bq kg(-1)), carrot (30.18 +/- 1.99 Bq kg(-1)) and beet (2.43 +/- 0.48 Bq kg(-1)), respectively. The highest contribution to annual effective dose came from beans (556.3 mu Sv), potato (12.5 mu Sv), carrot (10.3 mu Sv), banana (4.7 mu Sv) and beet (3.3 mu Sv). It was observed that updates of daily food consumption values was the main reason for an up to 10-fold difference between the annual effective dose found in the present study and literature data.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available