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Identification and assessment of elevated exposure to natural radiation in Balkan region (Serbia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2009

J. Barescut ,
Z. S. Žunić ,
I. V. Yarmoshenko ,
N. Veselinović ,
M. V. Zhukovsky ,
P. Ujić ,
I. Čeliković ,
J. P. Mc Laughlin ,
S. E. Simopoulos  and
A. Birovljev
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Z. S. Žunić
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Sciences “Vinča”, Belgrade, Serbia
I. V. Yarmoshenko
Affiliation:
Institute of Industrial Ecology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
N. Veselinović
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Sciences “Vinča”, Belgrade, Serbia
M. V. Zhukovsky
Affiliation:
Institute of Industrial Ecology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
P. Ujić
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Sciences “Vinča”, Belgrade, Serbia
I. Čeliković
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Sciences “Vinča”, Belgrade, Serbia
J. P. Mc Laughlin
Affiliation:
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
S. E. Simopoulos
Affiliation:
Nuclear Engineering Department, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
A. Birovljev
Affiliation:
Radonlab Ltd., Oslo, Norway
K. Fujimoto
Affiliation:
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Anagawa, Inage-ku, Japan
J. Paridaens
Affiliation:
SCK-CEN, Mol, Belgium
F. Trotti
Affiliation:
Venetian Reference Laboratory for Environmental Radioactivity, CRR-ARPAV, Verona CRR-Policlinico B. Roma, Verona, Italy
S. Tokonami
Affiliation:
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Anagawa, Inage-ku, Japan
P. Olko
Affiliation:
The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
K. Kozak
Affiliation:
The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
F. Bochicchio
Affiliation:
Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
R. Ramola
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Garhwal, India
J. W. Mietelski
Affiliation:
The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
B. Jakupi
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Priština, Serbia
G. Milić
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Priština, Serbia
G. Ciotoli
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
K. Kelleher
Affiliation:
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
M. Budzanowski
Affiliation:
The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
S. K. Sahoo
Affiliation:
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Anagawa, Inage-ku, Japan
H. Vanmarcke
Affiliation:
SCK-CEN, Mol, Belgium
M. P.R. Waligorski
Affiliation:
The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
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Abstract

The paper deals with a specific aspect of a general survey, that is being carried out during last ten years in several regions of Serbia (former Yugoslavia, former Serbia and Montenegro) to assess population exposure to natural radioactivity based on geochemical and integrative pattern research approach. The originality regarding this work is related to the facts such as follows: the first identification and assessment of high areas of natural radiation in Serbia which provides insight into its regional characteristics, the interpretation of the results in terms of geological aspects, building types and human habits, the first introduction and field applicability of both (surface and volume trap) retro techniques in Serbia and assessment of doses and risks to the population in investigated high natural radiation rural communities.

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Radioprotection , Volume 44 , Issue 5: ECORAD 2008 - Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity , 2009 , pp. 919 - 925
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© EDP Sciences, 2009

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