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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Occupational Radiation Exposure and Validity of National Dosimetry Registry among Korean Interventional Radiologists.

Seulki Ko, Kwang Pyo Kim, Sung Bum Cho, Ye Jin Bang, Yae Won Ha, Won Jin Lee

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Seulki KoDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 02841, Korea.
Kwang Pyo KimDepartment of Nuclear Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Gyeonggi-do 02447, Korea.
Sung Bum ChoDepartment of Radiology, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 02841, Korea.
Ye Jin BangDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 02841, Korea.
Yae Won HaDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 02841, Korea.
Won Jin LeeDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 02841, Korea.
Korea University · KRKorea University Medical Center · KRKyung Hee University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The national dose registry (NDR) contains essential information to help protect radiation workers from radiation-related health risks and to facilitate epidemiological studies. However, direct validation of the reported doses has not been considered. We investigated the validity of the NDR with a personal dosimeter monitoring conducted among Korean interventional radiologists. Among the 56 interventional radiologists, NDR quarterly doses were compared with actively monitored personal thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) doses as standard measures of validation. We conducted analyses with participants categorized according to compliance with TLD badge-wearing policies. A correlation between actively monitored doses and NDR doses was low (Spearman ρ = 0.06), and the mean actively monitored dose was significantly higher than the mean NDR dose (mean difference 0.98 mSv) in all participants. However, interventional radiologists who wore badges irregularly showed a large difference between actively monitored doses and NDR doses (mean difference 2.39 mSv), and participants who wore badges regularly showed no apparent difference between actively monitored doses and NDR doses (mean difference 0.26 mSv). This study indicated that NDR data underestimate the actual occupational radiation exposure, and the validity of these data varies according to compliance with badge-wearing policies. Considerable attention is required to interpret and utilize NDR data based on radiation workers' compliance with badge-wearing policies.

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Occupational ExposureRadiation ExposureRadiation ProtectionHumansRadiation DosageRadiologistsRegistriesRepublic of Koreaepidemiologic methodsinterventional radiologyionizing radiationnational dose registrythermoluminescent dosimetry

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PMID33921003
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