caa a22 4500 397504721 CHVBK 20180308164541.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19951201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a082845 doi 0144-8420 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a082845 Distribution of Radioactive Caesium in the Population of Northern Sweden 1988-1993 [Elektronische Daten] [L. Johansson, G. Wickman, G. Agren, A. Eriksson, H. Jonsson, B. Tavelin] During the period from May 1988 until June 1993 the 137Cs concentration was measured in 751 samples of psoas muscle from selected medico-legal autopsy cases in the northern half of Sweden. In this area the deposition level of 137Cs from the Chernobyl accident varied from negligible to 100 kBq.m-2. Northern Sweden is characterised by large boreal forest areas and a sparse population. The rural population often has a high level of subsistence through meat from reindeer, moose and other game, fresh water fish, forest wild berries, and mushrooms. From a multiple linear regression performed on the 137Cs concentration in the 751 measured samples of human muscle, the effective half-time of caesium whole-body content in the population could be assessed as 3.7 years. A slight increase in 137Cs concentration was observed with the age of the individual and significant differences between the sexes, the level for men exceeded that for women by 23%. The dose commitment to this population of approximately 900,000 inhabitants from internal radiation due to the Chernobyl debris could, by this model, be estimated at 220 man.Sv which, with the current ICRP lifetime risk estimates, would cause an addition of ten fatal cancer cases. Radiation Protection Dosimetry Johansson L. aut Wickman G. aut Agren G. aut Eriksson A. aut Jonsson H. aut Tavelin B. aut Radiation Protection Dosimetry Oxford University Press 62/4(1995-12-01), 203-212 0144-8420 62:4<203 1995 62 rpd https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a082845 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a082845 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Johansson L. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wickman G. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Agren G. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Eriksson A. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jonsson H. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tavelin B. aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Radiation Protection Dosimetry Oxford University Press 62/4(1995-12-01), 203-212 0144-8420 62:4<203 1995 62 rpd Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford