ESTIMATION OF H-p(3) AMONG STAFF MEMBERS IN TWO NUCLEAR MEDICINE UNITS IN FINLAND
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Anna-Leena Manninen; Maaret Lehtinen; Carita Lindholm; Antti Pekkarinen; Teemu Siiskonen; O. Sipilä
- Source
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry
- Subject
- Paper
Radiation Dosage
EYE
114 Physical sciences
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Occupational Exposure
CATARACT RISK
Lens, Crystalline
Medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Individual dose
COHORT
EXPOSURE
Eye lens
Finland
AcademicSubjects/SCI00180
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Medicine
University hospital
3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health
3. Good health
LENS
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
RADIATION
RADIONUCLIDES
Nuclear Medicine
business
Nuclear medicine
- Language
- English
The eye lens exposure among 16 technicians in two nuclear medicine departments at university hospitals in Finland was investigated by measuring the operational quantity Hp(3) using EYE-D dosemeters. For all workers, the annual mean Hp(3) was estimated to be 1.1 mSv (max. 3.9 mSv). The relation between Hp(3) to routinely monitored personal dose equivalent Hp(10) was clearly correlated. Considering individual dose measurement periods (2–4 weeks), the Hp(3)/Hp(10) ratio was 0.7 (Pearson’s coefficient r = 0.90, p 0.1 mSv vs.