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ASSESSMENT OF POPULATION EXPOSURE IN REGIONS OF REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Radiation protection as a part of radiation science today implies holistic approach to protection of human environment and biota. In Croatia radiation protection is among those areas that are quite satisfactory harmonized with European acquits. Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Radiation Protection Unit is by Croatian competent authorities notified as well as accredited for radioecological monitoring that has been continuously carried on since 1959. This includes sampling, radiochemical analyses, measurements, and interpretation of results. Resulting databases are starting point for assessment of exposure of humans and biota to ionising radiation through different exposure pathways (e.g. ingestion, inhalation, external exposure etc). Although doses to Croatian public are minimal, this paper demonstrates the importance and need for individualization of dose assessment in the context of differences and variabilities in activity concentrations of various radionuclides in local foodstuffs. Consequently, dose assessment itself implies efficient radioecological monitoring on global and regional scales.

dose assessment; ionising radiation; exposure pathways; radioecological monitoring

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