Radionuclide concentration in tea, cabbage, orange, kiwi and soil and lifetime cancer risk due to gamma radioactivity in Rize, Turkey

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 987-991

  Keser, Recep ^a   Görür, Filiz Korkmaz ^a   Akçay, Nilay ^a   Okumuşoǧlu, Nazmi Turan ^a  

^a RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Food; Gamma dose; Lifetime cancer risk; Radioactivity; Soil

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; POTASSIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FRUIT; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; KIWIFRUIT; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RISK; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SWEET ORANGE; TEA; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VEGETABLE;

ACTINIDIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRASSICA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CITRUS SINENSIS; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; FRUIT; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLANT LEAVES; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TEA; THORIUM; TURKEY; URANIUM; VEGETABLES;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 79952771119     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4259     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation), Report to General Assembly. United Nations, New York (2000).
2. 210Po terrestrial foodstuffs from regions of potential technological enhancement in England and Wales. J. Environ Radioact 43: 15-29 (1999).
3. Fernandez G, Rodriquez IM, Castro GV, Carrazana G and Martizez RN, Radiological surveillance of foods and drinking water in the Cuban Republic. In Proceedings of the 11th Conference of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), Madrid, Spain, 23-28 May (2004).
4. Hernandez F, Hernandez-Armas J, Catalan A, Fernandez-Aldecoa JC and Landeras MI, Activity concentrations and mean annual effective does of foodstuffs on the island of Tenerife, Spain. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 111: 205-210 (2004).
5. Topcuoǧlu S, Türer A, Güngör N and Kirbaşoǧlu Ç, Monitoring of anthropogenic and natural radionuclides and gamma absorbed dose rates in eastern Anatolia. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 258: 547-550 (2003).
6. Topcuoǧlu S, Karahan G, Güngör N and Kirbaşoǧlu Ç, Natural and artificial radioactivity in Emendere thermal spring area in Western Anatolia. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 256: 395-398 (2003).
7. Bolca M, Saç MM, Çokuysal B, Karali T and Ekdal E, Radioactivity in soils and various foodstuffs from the Gediz River Basin of Turkey Radiat Meas 42: 263-270 (2007).
8. Turkish Statistical Institute, News Bulletin 9, T.C. Başbakanli{dotless}k Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu, Turkey (2007).
9. Firestone RB and Shirley VS, Table of Isotopes (8th edn). Wiley, New York (1998).
10. 152 Eu Appl Radiat Isot 56: 435-439 (2002).
11. ICRP (International Commission on Radiological Protection), Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, Vol. 21, No.1-3, Publication 60 (1990).
12. IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), Technical Report Series 295, Vienna, Austria (1989).
13. ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry), Toxicological Profile for Radon. Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA (1990).
14. ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry), Toxicological Profile for Uranium (Update). Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA (1999).
15. ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry), Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Radon Toxicity. Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA (1992).
16. UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation), Report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation to the General Assembly. United Nations, New York (1982).
17. UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation), Sources and effects of ionizing radiation, in Report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation to the General Assembly. United Nations, New York (1988).
18. Till JE and Moore RE, A pathway analysis approach for determining acceptable level of contamination of radionuclides in soil. Health Phys 55: 541-548 (1998).
19. ICRP (International Commission of Radiation Protection). Protecting people against radiation exposure in the aftermath of a radiological attack. Final TG draft (2004).
20. 137Cs dose rate in Turkish market tea. Radiat Effect Defect Soils 164: 138-143 (2009).