Review article

Exposure of Croatian Population to Radiopharmaceuticals

Ivica Prlić orcid.org/0000-0002-8870-4752 ; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Marija Surić Mihić ; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Iva Mrčela ; Klinička bolnica "Sestre milosrdnice", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Zdravko Cerovac ; Alara d.o.o., Zagreb, Hrvatska
Gordana Marović ; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Dobrila Golubović ; Tehnička škola Ruđera Boškovića, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Tomislav Meštrović ; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Mladen Hajdinjak ; Haj-Kom d.o.o.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to call attention to the exposure of Croatian population to open sources of ionising radiation used in medical diagnostics, radiopharmaceuticals in particular, whose initial activity is very high. Without proper exposure monitoring, it is not possible to establish the effective dose per capita, but we have estimated it to be between 6.8 μSv and 7.0 μSv for this type of internal exposure, based on a very loose assumption that about 35,000 diagnostic procedures with radiopharmaceuticals are performed in Croatia every year. This calls for further research that would eventually lead to limiting the doses received through exposure to radiopharmaceuticals.

Keywords

diagnostics; dose assessment; effective dose; electronic dosimetry; exposure pathways; internal dosimetry; nuclear medicine; radiation protection; radioisotope; therapy

Hrčak ID:

60293

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/60293

Publication date:

9.11.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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