Fitting

(Updated: 2021-12-19). Comments to: guillermo2046(at)gmail.com).

Here the intake can be estimated using measurements from different bioassay types: Whole body, Urine excretion, Faecal excretion, Thyroid (only for Iodine) and Lungs (only for uranium by Inhalation).
The ICRP 130, ICRP 134 and ICRP 137 biokinectic models are used.
Different intake pathways can be selected and different kind of intake (acute or chronic). If chronic intake is chosen then the last day of exposure should be indicated, after this date it is assumed that the intake ceases.
The decay constant is charged choosing the isotope, if not available it can be entered, expresed in days^-1, writing its value (e.g 0.011674 for I 125, or as an expression e.g: Log[2]/(5.13*10^6/(24*60*60)), if one knows the half-life in seconds).
The absortion factors (fA- ingestion or inhalation-, fr, sr, ss) and the Dose coefficient e(50) can be obtained using the OIR (ICRP134/137) data viewer.

As example, the data by default represent the following case: the whole body data from a person that he has been exposed to continuous and unknown ingestion of Cs137 ).We wish to evaluate the intake. Sol: Show should be selected: Caesium, Ingestion, Constant, Decay constant= 0.000063133 d^1. Bioassay type: Wholebody. Run the example, and look at the Chi2 value, then go changing the Period of chronic intake to find the Chi2 smallest. It is is arount 550 days that gives as solution about 27 Bq/day. Then the total intake will be 27 Bq/day x 550 days.

Worker data:

Case description:

Select Element: Pathway: Intake type: Time of exposure for chronic intake (in days): (if constant intake is selected):
Decay constant (in days^-1):

In case of ingestion (fA for ingestion):

In case of inhalation select:
CLASS:


Bioassay:
Bioassay data {{t1, m1, s1}, {t2, m2, s2}, ...}, being ti=time, mi=measurement(Bq), si=uncertainty (*)

Scattering factor B:
Dose coefficient e(50) (mSv/Bq):
LimitPlot: {min, max}:

Push EVALUATE, wait a few seconds.
Manual:>

Dosimetry report

Input data

Estimated intake and E(50) doses by fitting

I is the intake (in Bq for an acute intake) or the daily intake (Bq/d for a chronic intake) computed using a the Sd-Method (the sample uncertainties are assumed normal) and the ML(maximum likelihood) method.




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