1. ESTIMATION OF H-p(3) AMONG STAFF MEMBERS IN TWO NUCLEAR MEDICINE UNITS IN FINLAND
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Anna-Leena Manninen, Maaret Lehtinen, Carita Lindholm, Antti Pekkarinen, Teemu Siiskonen, O. Sipilä, HUS Medical Imaging Center, Department of Physics, Helsinki University Hospital Area, University of Helsinki, and Department of Diagnostics and Therapeutics
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Paper ,Radiation Dosage ,EYE ,114 Physical sciences ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Occupational Exposure ,CATARACT RISK ,Lens, Crystalline ,Medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Individual dose ,COHORT ,EXPOSURE ,Eye lens ,Finland ,AcademicSubjects/SCI00180 ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,business.industry ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,General Medicine ,University hospital ,3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health ,3. Good health ,LENS ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,RADIATION ,RADIONUCLIDES ,Nuclear Medicine ,business ,Nuclear medicine - Abstract
The eye lens exposure among 16 technicians in two nuclear medicine departments at university hospitals in Finland was investigated by measuring the operational quantity Hp(3) using EYE-D dosemeters. For all workers, the annual mean Hp(3) was estimated to be 1.1 mSv (max. 3.9 mSv). The relation between Hp(3) to routinely monitored personal dose equivalent Hp(10) was clearly correlated. Considering individual dose measurement periods (2–4 weeks), the Hp(3)/Hp(10) ratio was 0.7 (Pearson’s coefficient r = 0.90, p 0.1 mSv vs.
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- 2020