Title: The estimation of radiation doses in human organs due to natural and artificial radioactivity in surface waters of the Ebro river basin (Northeast Spain)

Authors: Feda Oner, Nazmi T. Okumusoglu

Addresses: Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Amasya University, Amasya, Turkey. ' Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Science, Ondokuz Mayis University, Kurupelit/Samsun, Turkey

Abstract: This paper reports the estimation of the radiation doses in the human body in the Ebro river basin (Northeast Spain), following drinking water ingestion by measuring ⁴⁰K, ²²⁶Ra, ⁹⁰Sr and ³H. The equivalent dose in ten different organs was estimated. Dose calculations were performed by means of the GENII computer program. The lowest equivalent dose calculated through ingesting drinking water was in the small intestine whereas the highest was in the bone surface.

Keywords: dose calculations; drinking water; GENII; radiation doses; low radiation; Spain; natural radioactivity; artificial radioactivity; surface waters; river basin; human organs.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLR.2006.012008

International Journal of Low Radiation, 2006 Vol.3 No.4, pp.337 - 342

Published online: 09 Jan 2007 *

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