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Table 1 Dietary intake of radioactive cesium in Fukushima Prefecture

From: Preliminary assessment of ecological exposure of adult residents in Fukushima Prefecture to radioactive cesium through ingestion and inhalation

Sampling site

n

 

Food volume (g/day)

Water content (%)

Daily intake (Bq/day)

Estimated dose (μSv/year)

134Cs

137Cs

Fukushima total

55

n > MDL (%)

36 (65.5)

35 (63.6)

 

Median (range)

2,053 (1,100–3,145)

80.8 (73.3–97.6)

0.2 (ND–7.2)

0.3 (ND–7.0)

3.0 (ND–83.1)

Mean ± SD

2,178 ± 400

81.9 ± 4.5

0.5 ± 1.1

0.6 ± 1.0

6.4 ± 12.5

Iwaki

10

n > MDL (%)

9 (90.0)

9 (90.0)

 

Median (range)

2,241 (1,879–2,690)

82.1 (76.8–86.1)

0.4 (ND–2.5)

0.7 (ND–1.6)

6.5 (ND–24.7)

Mean ± SD

2,238 ± 272

81.5 ± 3.3

0.7 ± 0.8

0.7 ± 0.5

8.6 ± 7.8

Souma

10

n > MDL (%)

7 (70.0)

8 (80.0)

 

Median (range)

2,451 (2,044–2,795)

80.5 (73.3–87.1)

0.6 (ND–7.2)

0.9 (ND–7.0)

8.2 (ND–83.1)

Mean ± SD

2,395 ± 293

80.1 ± 4.2

1.4 ± 2.2

1.6 ± 2.2

17.4 ± 25.3

Nihonmatsu

10

n > MDL (%)

5 (50.0)

4 (40.0)

 

Median (range)

2,611 (1,964–3,145)

79.4 (75.1–82.6)

0.1 (ND–0.9)

ND (ND–0.9)

1.7 (ND–10.4)

Mean ± SD

2,529 ± 423

78.9 ± 2.3

0.3 ± 0.4

0.2 ± 0.3

2.9 ± 3.6

Fukushima

25

n > MDL (%)

15 (60.0)

14 (56.0)

 

Median (range)

1,954 (1,100–3,051)

83.7 (77.9–97.6)

0.1 (ND–0.8)

0.2 (ND–1.3)

1.3 (ND–11.3)

Mean ± SD

1,927 ± 308

84.1 ± 4.8

0.2 ± 0.2

0.2 ± 0.3

2.6 ± 3.1

Kyoto (Uji)

19

n > MDL (%)

1 (5.3)

1 (5.3)

Maximum

0.4

0.5

5.3

Mean ± SD

2,955 ± 652

87.2 ± 2.5

  1. Estimated dose is the total for doses attributable to exposure to 134Cs and 137Cs. The effective dose coefficients for 134Cs and 137Cs by oral route were 0.019 and 0.013 μSv/Bq, respectively
  2. MDL method detection limit, ND less than MDL