Measurement of uranium in urine, hair and nails in subjects of Niska Banja town, a high natural background radiation area of Serbia
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2019
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Žunić, Zora S.Benedik, Ljudmila
Kritsananuwat, Rawiwan
Veselinović, Nenad
Tokonami, Shinji
Arae, Hideki
Stojanovska, Zdenka A.
Sahoo, Sarata Kumar
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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.
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Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2019, 184, 3-4, 319-323Funding / projects:
- President Fund of National Institute of Radiological Sciences
- An integral study to identify the regional genetic and environmental risk factors for the common noncommunicable diseases in the human population of Serbia - INGEMA_S (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-41028)
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncz120
ISSN: 0144-8420
PubMed: 31034562
WoS: 000508246900011
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VinčaTY - JOUR AU - Žunić, Zora S. AU - Benedik, Ljudmila AU - Kritsananuwat, Rawiwan AU - Veselinović, Nenad AU - Tokonami, Shinji AU - Arae, Hideki AU - Stojanovska, Zdenka A. AU - Sahoo, Sarata Kumar PY - 2019 UR - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/8621 AB - 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. T2 - Radiation Protection Dosimetry T1 - Measurement of uranium in urine, hair and nails in subjects of Niska Banja town, a high natural background radiation area of Serbia VL - 184 IS - 3-4 SP - 319 EP - 323 DO - 10.1093/rpd/ncz120 ER -
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Žunić, Z. S., Benedik, L., Kritsananuwat, R., Veselinović, N., Tokonami, S., Arae, H., Stojanovska, Z. A.,& Sahoo, S. K.. (2019). Measurement of uranium in urine, hair and nails in subjects of Niska Banja town, a high natural background radiation area of Serbia. in Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 184(3-4), 319-323. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncz120
Žunić ZS, Benedik L, Kritsananuwat R, Veselinović N, Tokonami S, Arae H, Stojanovska ZA, Sahoo SK. Measurement of uranium in urine, hair and nails in subjects of Niska Banja town, a high natural background radiation area of Serbia. in Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 2019;184(3-4):319-323. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncz120 .
Žunić, Zora S., Benedik, Ljudmila, Kritsananuwat, Rawiwan, Veselinović, Nenad, Tokonami, Shinji, Arae, Hideki, Stojanovska, Zdenka A., Sahoo, Sarata Kumar, "Measurement of uranium in urine, hair and nails in subjects of Niska Banja town, a high natural background radiation area of Serbia" in Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 184, no. 3-4 (2019):319-323, https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncz120 . .