STUDY OF POLONIUM-210 IN PERSIAN CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO CROPS.
Journal
Radiation protection dosimetry
ISSN: 1742-3406
Titre abrégé: Radiat Prot Dosimetry
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8109958
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 Dec 2020
03 Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
11
03
2020
revised:
04
09
2020
accepted:
07
09
2020
pubmed:
30
10
2020
medline:
24
6
2021
entrez:
29
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Alpha radiation from Polonium-210 (210Po) is considered to be an important agent of bronchial cancer in smokers. Besides reexamination of the radionuclide in domestic and imported cigarette brands separately, the radioactive contamination was also followed during the cigarette-producing procedure in Gilan as one of the major regions of tobacco cultivation in Iran. The activity level of 210Po in Iranian domestic and imported cigarettes averaged 38.4 ± 6% and 20.0 ± 7% mBq g-1, respectively. Drying in direct contact with fumes of fossil fuel seems like one of the main excessive sources of 210Po in Persian cigarettes.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33119076
pii: 5942930
doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncaa130
doi:
Substances chimiques
Polonium
DQY03U61EJ
Polonium-210
QJW5366Y3Q
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
335-340Informations de copyright
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