1. Determination of radiological hazard parameters in sea snails (Rapana venosa) in the East Black Sea Coast of Turkey.
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Dalgic G, Kiris E, Baltas H, and Sirin M
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- Animals, Black Sea, Ecotoxicology methods, Environmental Monitoring, Turkey, Cesium Radioisotopes analysis, Potassium Radioisotopes analysis, Snails chemistry, Water Pollutants, Radioactive analysis
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the activity concentrations and radiological hazard parameters of
137 Cs and40 K in soft tissue samples of sea snails (Rapana venosa) collected from 12 different stations in the East Black Sea coastal area of Turkey. The values in soft tissues of sea snail samples with three different sizes were between 0.31 and 1.79 Bq kg-1 for137 Cs and 163.9 and 269.4 Bq kg-1 for40 K. The mean activity concentrations of137 Cs and40 K in tissues of small-sized sea snails were determined to be higher than those of137 Cs and40 K in soft tissues of the other sizes. The determined activity concentration values were lower than the concentrations reported in similar studies. Radiological hazard parameters such as the daily intake (Dint ) of137 Cs and40 K, annual committed effective dose (Eeff ), and lifetime cancer risk (LCR) were calculated and compared with the international recommended values., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2018
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