Data on the cancer risk and mortalities induced by annual background radiations at various ages in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran.

ABSTRACT: Measurement of background radiations (BRs) as the sources of cancer risk, is important. The aim of this study was to measure the BR, as well as its cancer risk and mortalities in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province (KBAp). Indoors and outdoors BRs were measured in eight cities utilizing a Geiger-Muller detector. Five main locations (north, east, west, south, and center) were chosen for measuring outdoor and indoor BRs in each city of KBAp. The BEIR VII-Phase 2 model was used to calculate the BRs induced cancer risks and mortalities of various cancer types at different ages. The average dose rates of outdoor and indoor were 136.9 ± 12.5 and 149.3 ± 19.8 nSv.h^-1, respectively. The average annual effective doses (AEDs) for adults, children, and infants were 0.17, 0.19, and 0.22 mSv

SUBMITTER: Abedi-Firouzjah R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7178478 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature