@article{
author = "Žunić, Zora S. and Benedik, Ljudmila and Kritsananuwat, Rawiwan and Veselinović, Nenad and Tokonami, Shinji and Arae, Hideki and Stojanovska, Zdenka A. and Sahoo, Sarata Kumar",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Urine, hair and nail samples were collected from a population of both sex aged from 40 to 87 years in Niška Banja (227 km south of Belgrade, Serbia) with a high level of natural radioactivity (HLNRA). To assess and monitor the public exposure, urine samples for each subject (24 h period) were collected and concentration of uranium (U) was analysed using alpha-particle spectrometry. Human hair and nails considered as bio-indicators of the public exposure to radionuclides over a long period of months or even years and concentration of U was determined using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. The mean concentrations of U in urine, hair and nail were 123 ng/L, 17 ng/g and 8 ng/g, respectively. There was a large variation and may be due to geological origin.",
journal = "Radiation Protection Dosimetry",
title = "Measurement of uranium in urine, hair and nails in subjects of Niska Banja town, a high natural background radiation area of Serbia",
volume = "184",
number = "3-4",
pages = "319-323",
doi = "10.1093/rpd/ncz120"
}