Reconstruction of Radiation Dose Received by Diagnostic Radiologic Technologists in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Diagnostic medical radiation workers in Korea have been officially monitored for their occupational radiation doses since 1996. The purpose of this study was to design models for reconstructing unknown individual radiation doses to which diagnostic radiation technologists were exposed before 1996.

Methods

Radiation dose reconstruction models were developed by using cross-sectional survey data and the personal badge doses of 8167 radiologic technologists. The models included calendar year and age as predictors, and the participants were grouped into six categories according to their sex and facility type. The annual doses between 1971 and 1995 for those who were employed before 1996 were estimated using these models.

Results

The calendar year and age were in

SUBMITTER: Choi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5066420 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature