Reconstructed lung doses for the million person study cohort of 26,650 Tennessee Eastman Corporation workers employed between 1942 and 1947 Journal Article
| Authors: | Bellamy, M.; Eckerman, K.; Dauer, L. |
| Article Title: | Reconstructed lung doses for the million person study cohort of 26,650 Tennessee Eastman Corporation workers employed between 1942 and 1947 |
| Abstract: | Tennessee Eastman Corporation workers were exposed to uranium dust resulting in high-linear energy transfer (LET) irradiation to lung tissue. In this work, radiation lung doses were reconstructed for 26 650 men and women working at the plant between 1942 and 1947. Site air monitoring data of uranium concentrations and payroll records were used to determine the daily inhaled activities and annualized lung doses. Variations in the activity median aerodynamic diameter of the uranium dust, the solubility of particulate matter in the lungs and the sex-specific breathing rate were investigated as part of a sensitivity analysis. Male and female mean lung doses of 18.9 and 32.7 mGy, respectively, from high-LET alpha irradiation, and there was general agreement with evaluations from previously published epidemiological studies. Annual lung dose estimates and sensitivity analysis for the 26 650 workers in the TEC cohort have been archived on the United States Department of Energy Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource. © 2023 The Author(s). Published on behalf of the Society for Radiological Protection by IOP Publishing Ltd. |
| Keywords: | united states; sensitivity analysis; chemistry; irradiation; lung; energy transfer; epidemiology; biological organs; inhalation; occupational exposure; dust; dose reconstruction; lungs; tennessee; humans; human; male; female; radiological protection; uranium; lung tissue; wages; wheels; air monitoring; exposed to; high linear energy transfers; tennessee eastman; workers' |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Radiological Protection |
| Volume: | 43 |
| ISSN: | 0952-4746 |
| Publisher: | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| Date Published: | 2023-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 013503 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1361-6498/acb1be |
| PUBMED: | 36626823 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC9930615 |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | The MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) is acknowledged in the PDF -- Corresponding author is MSK authors: Michael Bellamy -- Source: Scopus |
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