Effective population monitoring for determination of the thyroidal radioiodine content of the public following a nuclear accident in Japan

• Published in: Environmental advances Vol. 8; p. 100206
• Main Authors: Kurihara, Osamu, Kim, Eunjoo, Tani, Kotaro, Ogawa, Masumi, Yajima, Kazuaki, Kowatari, Munehiko, Tatsuzaki, Hideo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: in vivo measurement; Internal thyroid dose; Nuclear accident; Population monitoring; Radiation exposure; Radiation exposure; Population monitoring; in vivo measurement; Internal thyroid dose; Nuclear accident

•Internal thyroid exposure to radioiodine (mainly, 131I) is a critical concern after a nuclear accident.•Population monitoring to assess the thyroid dose should be conducted in a timely manner.•We proposed a feasible and robust method to obtain as much reliable human data as possible.•The proposed m...