Organ dose reconstruction for the radiation epidemiological study of Korean radiation workers: The first dose evaluation for the Korean Radiation Worker Study (KRWS)
The Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences has started a radiation epidemiological study, titled ''Korean Radiation Worker Study,'' to evaluate the health effects of occupational exposure to radiation. As a part of this study, we investigated the methodologies and r...
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| author | Tae-Eun Kwon Areum Jeong Wi-Ho Ha Dalnim Lee Songwon Seo Junik Cho Euidam Kim Yoonsun Chung Sunhoo Park |
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| description | The Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences has started a radiation epidemiological study, titled ''Korean Radiation Worker Study,'' to evaluate the health effects of occupational exposure to radiation. As a part of this study, we investigated the methodologies and results of reconstructing organ-specific absorbed doses based on personal dose equivalent, Hp(10), reported from 1984 to 2019 for 20,605 Korean radiation workers. For the organ dose reconstruction, representative exposure scenarios (i.e., radiation energy and exposure geometry) were first determined according to occupational groups, and dose coefficients for converting Hp(10) to organ absorbed doses were then appropriately taken based on the exposure scenarios. Individual annual doses and individual cumulative doses were reconstructed for 27 organs, and the highest values were observed in the thyroid doses (on average 0.77 mGy/y and 10.47 mGy, respectively). Mean values of individual cumulative absorbed doses for the red bone marrow, colon, and lungs were 7.83, 8.78, and 8.43 mSv, respectively. Most of the organ doses were maximum for industrial radiographers, followed by nuclear power plant workers, medical workers, and other facility workers. The organ dose database established in this study will be utilized for organ-specific risk estimation in the Korean Radiation Worker Study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-168b308f475e4ff78a641b1b404aac0e2023-02-23T04:30:47ZengElsevierNuclear Engineering and Technology1738-57332023-02-01552725733Organ dose reconstruction for the radiation epidemiological study of Korean radiation workers: The first dose evaluation for the Korean Radiation Worker Study (KRWS)Tae-Eun Kwon0Areum Jeong1Wi-Ho Ha2Dalnim Lee3Songwon Seo4Junik Cho5Euidam Kim6Yoonsun Chung7Sunhoo Park8Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA; Corresponding author.National Radiation Emergency Medical Center, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul, 01812, South KoreaKorea Department of Nuclear Emergency Preparedness, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Daejeon, 34057, South KoreaNational Radiation Emergency Medical Center, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul, 01812, South KoreaNational Radiation Emergency Medical Center, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul, 01812, South KoreaDepartment of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, South KoreaDepartment of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, South KoreaDepartment of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, South KoreaNational Radiation Emergency Medical Center, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul, 01812, South KoreaThe Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences has started a radiation epidemiological study, titled ''Korean Radiation Worker Study,'' to evaluate the health effects of occupational exposure to radiation. As a part of this study, we investigated the methodologies and results of reconstructing organ-specific absorbed doses based on personal dose equivalent, Hp(10), reported from 1984 to 2019 for 20,605 Korean radiation workers. For the organ dose reconstruction, representative exposure scenarios (i.e., radiation energy and exposure geometry) were first determined according to occupational groups, and dose coefficients for converting Hp(10) to organ absorbed doses were then appropriately taken based on the exposure scenarios. Individual annual doses and individual cumulative doses were reconstructed for 27 organs, and the highest values were observed in the thyroid doses (on average 0.77 mGy/y and 10.47 mGy, respectively). Mean values of individual cumulative absorbed doses for the red bone marrow, colon, and lungs were 7.83, 8.78, and 8.43 mSv, respectively. Most of the organ doses were maximum for industrial radiographers, followed by nuclear power plant workers, medical workers, and other facility workers. The organ dose database established in this study will be utilized for organ-specific risk estimation in the Korean Radiation Worker Study.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573322005113Radiation health riskOccupational exposurePersonal dose equivalentOrgan absorbed dose |
| spellingShingle | Tae-Eun Kwon Areum Jeong Wi-Ho Ha Dalnim Lee Songwon Seo Junik Cho Euidam Kim Yoonsun Chung Sunhoo Park Organ dose reconstruction for the radiation epidemiological study of Korean radiation workers: The first dose evaluation for the Korean Radiation Worker Study (KRWS) Nuclear Engineering and Technology Radiation health risk Occupational exposure Personal dose equivalent Organ absorbed dose |
| title | Organ dose reconstruction for the radiation epidemiological study of Korean radiation workers: The first dose evaluation for the Korean Radiation Worker Study (KRWS) |
| title_full | Organ dose reconstruction for the radiation epidemiological study of Korean radiation workers: The first dose evaluation for the Korean Radiation Worker Study (KRWS) |
| title_fullStr | Organ dose reconstruction for the radiation epidemiological study of Korean radiation workers: The first dose evaluation for the Korean Radiation Worker Study (KRWS) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Organ dose reconstruction for the radiation epidemiological study of Korean radiation workers: The first dose evaluation for the Korean Radiation Worker Study (KRWS) |
| title_short | Organ dose reconstruction for the radiation epidemiological study of Korean radiation workers: The first dose evaluation for the Korean Radiation Worker Study (KRWS) |
| title_sort | organ dose reconstruction for the radiation epidemiological study of korean radiation workers the first dose evaluation for the korean radiation worker study krws |
| topic | Radiation health risk Occupational exposure Personal dose equivalent Organ absorbed dose |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573322005113 |
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