Reconstruction of effective doses for the population living on the territory contaminated after the Chernobyl accident based on official data

«Radiation and Risk», 2007, vol. 16, No. 2-4, pp.92-108

Authors

Vlasov O.K., Godko A.M., Shchukina N.V., Korobova T.M.1
Medical Radiological Research Centre of RAMS, Obninsk.
1Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

Abstract

The paper presents results of reconstructing effective doses for residents of 4 regions in the Russian Federation worst contaminated after the Chernobyl accident. Internal and external radiation doses for the population were reconstructed using official reconstruction methods for calculating effective doses and catalogues of effective doses, as well as the e-map of iodine deficiency in the soils of these four regions.

Key words
Reconstruction, dynamics, effective, dose, public exposure, Chernobyl accident, internal, external exposure, iodine deficiency maps.

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