Determination of 210Po in various foodstuffs and its annual effective dose to inhabitants of Qena City, Egypt

Determination of 210Po in various foodstuffs and its annual effective dose to inhabitants of Qena City, Egypt

The concentration of 210Po was determined in different foodstuffs of plant origin purchased from markets in Qena City, Upper Egypt. Measurement of 210Po has been carried out using alpha spectrometry technique in different food categories such as vegetables, fruits, cereals beverages and herbs. The g...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Science of the total environment 2011-11, Vol.409 (24), p.5301-5304
1. Verfasser: Din, K. Salahel
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
210Po
Annual intake
Beverages
Biological and medical sciences
Biological effects of radiation
Cereals
Cities
Egypt
Food
Food Analysis
Food Contamination, Radioactive - analysis
Foods
Foodstuffs
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Herbs
Humans
Ingestion dose
Intakes
Polonium - analysis
Qena
Radiation Monitoring
Radiocontamination
Spectrometry
Tea
Tissues, organs and organisms biophysics
Vegetables
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Zusammenfassung:The concentration of 210Po was determined in different foodstuffs of plant origin purchased from markets in Qena City, Upper Egypt. Measurement of 210Po has been carried out using alpha spectrometry technique in different food categories such as vegetables, fruits, cereals beverages and herbs. The general range of 210Po activity levels ranged widely from
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.001