TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sahoo, Sarata Kumar
AU  - Matsumoto, M.
AU  - Shiraishi, K.
AU  - Fujimoto, K.
AU  - Cuknic, O.
AU  - Žunić, Zora S.
PY  - 2007
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6763
AB  - The use of depleted uranium ammunition in South Serbia during the 1999 Kosovo conflict raised a great deal of public concern in the Balkans. Radioactivity levels of U-238 in 20 wells and lake water samples were checked from the viewpoint of internal radiation exposure for South Serbian subjects. We have measured U-238 concentration using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, whereas thermal ionisation mass spectrometry has been used for the measurement of isotope ratios, e.g. U-234/U-238 and U-235/U-238. The concentration of uranium in water samples varies in the range 1.37-63.18 mBq/L. U-234 belongs to the U-238 natural radioactive decay series, and at secular equilibrium, the abundance ratio, U-234/U-238, corresponds to the ratio of their half-lives. The U-234/U-238 activity ratio varies in the range 0.88-2.2 and U-235/U-238 isotope ratio varies from 0.00698 to 0.00745. These findings indicate that uranium in water was a mixture of natural and anthropogenic origin. The annual effective dose due to U-238 was estimated to be in the range 9.2 X 10(-5)-2.1 X 10(-3) mSv.
T2  - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
T1  - Dose effect for South Serbians due to U-238 in natural drinking water
VL  - 127
IS  - 1-4
SP  - 407
EP  - 410
DO  - 10.1093/rpd/ncm294
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Sahoo, Sarata Kumar and Matsumoto, M. and Shiraishi, K. and Fujimoto, K. and Cuknic, O. and Žunić, Zora S.",
year = "2007",
abstract = "The use of depleted uranium ammunition in South Serbia during the 1999 Kosovo conflict raised a great deal of public concern in the Balkans. Radioactivity levels of U-238 in 20 wells and lake water samples were checked from the viewpoint of internal radiation exposure for South Serbian subjects. We have measured U-238 concentration using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, whereas thermal ionisation mass spectrometry has been used for the measurement of isotope ratios, e.g. U-234/U-238 and U-235/U-238. The concentration of uranium in water samples varies in the range 1.37-63.18 mBq/L. U-234 belongs to the U-238 natural radioactive decay series, and at secular equilibrium, the abundance ratio, U-234/U-238, corresponds to the ratio of their half-lives. The U-234/U-238 activity ratio varies in the range 0.88-2.2 and U-235/U-238 isotope ratio varies from 0.00698 to 0.00745. These findings indicate that uranium in water was a mixture of natural and anthropogenic origin. The annual effective dose due to U-238 was estimated to be in the range 9.2 X 10(-5)-2.1 X 10(-3) mSv.",
journal = "Radiation Protection Dosimetry",
title = "Dose effect for South Serbians due to U-238 in natural drinking water",
volume = "127",
number = "1-4",
pages = "407-410",
doi = "10.1093/rpd/ncm294"
}

Sahoo, S. K., Matsumoto, M., Shiraishi, K., Fujimoto, K., Cuknic, O.,& Žunić, Z. S.. (2007). Dose effect for South Serbians due to U-238 in natural drinking water. in Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 127(1-4), 407-410.
https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncm294

Sahoo SK, Matsumoto M, Shiraishi K, Fujimoto K, Cuknic O, Žunić ZS. Dose effect for South Serbians due to U-238 in natural drinking water. in Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 2007;127(1-4):407-410.
doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm294 .

Sahoo, Sarata Kumar, Matsumoto, M., Shiraishi, K., Fujimoto, K., Cuknic, O., Žunić, Zora S., "Dose effect for South Serbians due to U-238 in natural drinking water" in Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 127, no. 1-4 (2007):407-410,
https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncm294 . .