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Petoussi-Henß, N. ; Satoh, D.* ; Schlattl, H. ; Zankl, M. ; Spielmann, V.

Organ doses of the fetus from external environmental exposures.

Radiat. Environ. Biophys. 60, 93–113 (2021)
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This article presents nuclide-specific organ dose rate coefficients for environmental external exposures due to soil contamination assumed as a planar source at a depth of 0.5 g cm−2 in the soil and submersion to contaminated air, for a pregnant female and its fetus at the 24th week of gestation. Furthermore, air kerma free-in-air coefficient rates are listed. The coefficients relate the organ equivalent dose rates (Sv s−1) to the activity concentration of environmental sources, in Bq m−2 or Bq m−3, allowing to time-integrate over a particular exposure period. The environmental radiation fields were simulated with the Monte Carlo radiation transport codes PHITS and YURI. Monoenergetic organ dose rate coefficients were calculated employing the Monte Carlo code EGSnrc simulating the photon transport in the voxel phantom of a pregnant female and fetus. Photons of initial energies of 0.015–10 MeV were considered including bremsstrahlung. By folding the monoenergetic dose coefficients with the nuclide decay data, nuclide-specific organ doses were obtained. The results of this work can be employed for estimating the doses from external exposures to pregnant women and their fetus, until more precise data are available which include coefficients obtained for phantoms at different stages of pregnancy.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords External Environmental Exposure Dosimetry ; Fetus ; Pregnant
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0301-634X
e-ISSN 1432-2099
Journal Radiation and Environmental Biophysics
Quellenangaben Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 93–113 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Springer
Publishing Place One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Radiation Medicine (IRM)
Grants German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety