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Scattering factor evaluation and study of medical intervention following intake of 60Co

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Guidelines for the assessment of internal doses from monitoring suggest default measurement of uncertainties (i.e. lognormal scattering factor, SF) to be used for different types of monitoring data. In this paper, SF values have been evaluated for internal contamination due to 60Co in two cases using whole body counting data. SF values of 1.04 and 1.03 were obtained for case I and II, respectively while SF value of 1.03 was obtained using bioassay data for case I. SF evaluated is in good agreement with the default values given by IDEAS guidelines. The present study also presents the follow up study of a case I of 60Co internal contamination using whole body counting and bioassay analysis. The effect of medical intervention applied on the subject is studied. Medical intervention of d-Penicillamine (250 mg × 4 daily) was orally administered from 13th day of initial exposure for about a fortnight, which showed reduction of activity present by 33.4% through urine.

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Authors are thankful to Shri H.S. Kushwaha, Director, Health, Safety and Environment Group for his kind encouragement and guidance. Thanks are also due to Dr. P.C. Verma for useful suggestions.

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  1. Environmental Survey Laboratory, Environmental Studies Section, Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Narora Atomic Power Station, Bulandshahr District, PO Narora, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Y. P. Gautam, S. Sharma, A. K. Sharma, V. Kumar, J. Kumar & A. Kumar

  2. Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400 085, India

    A. G. Hegde & P. K. Sarkar

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Gautam, Y.P., Sharma, S., Sharma, A.K. et al. Scattering factor evaluation and study of medical intervention following intake of 60Co. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 287, 7–11 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-010-0770-7

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