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Pédehontaa-Hiaa G, Holstein H, Mattsson S, Rääf CL, Stenström KE. Tritium in urine from members of the general public and occupationally exposed workers in Lund, Sweden, prior to operation of the European Spallation Source. J Environ Radioact 2020; 213:106141. [PMID: 31983450 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2019.106141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A powerful neutron source, the European Spallation Source (ESS), is currently under construction in Lund, Sweden (~90 000 inhabitants). Levels of tritium (3H) in urine were estimated in members of the public in Lund and employees at the ESS using liquid scintillation counting, to obtain baseline levels before the start of operation of the ESS. These were compared with levels in other occupationally exposed radiation workers. Both the spallation reaction in the ESS tungsten target and the activation of various materials by the protons produced by the 5 MW linear accelerator will generate tritium, which will be released into the atmosphere mainly as tritiated water (HTO). Urinary HTO activity concentrations were determined in a total of 55 individuals belonging to four different categories: ESS employees, neighbours of the ESS, members of the general public in Lund and exposed workers from other facilities. The participants were asked to provide information on their beverage intake the day before urine sampling. The urine samples were filtered on activated charcoal and distilled before analysis. The effect of sample preparation on the isotope fractionation of urine samples was investigated by isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) of 2H/1H, which showed no influence. IRMS was also used to investigate if the ratio between the stable hydrogen isotopes (2H/1H) could provide useful data of the origin, and hence the tritium concentration, of various types of drinking water. Urinary HTO activity concentrations determined using liquid scintillation counting (LSC) were found to be below the minimum detectable activity (MDA) of 2.1 Bq⋅L-1 for most of the participants. Five of the workers actively handling organic tritiated material were found to have activity concentrations between 3.5 and 11 Bq⋅L-1, which were higher than the average value in local tap water of 1.5 ± 0.6 Bq⋅L-1. The results will be used to evaluate the radiological impact on the population from future releases of tritium resulting from the operation of the ESS.
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- G Pédehontaa-Hiaa
- Medical Radiation Physics Malmö, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Sweden.
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- Medical Radiation Physics Malmö, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Sweden
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- Medical Radiation Physics Malmö, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Sweden
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- Medical Radiation Physics Malmö, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Sweden
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- Division of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, Lund University, Sweden
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Holstein H, Landry A, Mayo J. Effects of Tart Cherry Supplementation on Mid-Distance Runners. J Acad Nutr Diet 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2018.08.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Brockstedt S, Holstein H, Jakobsson L, Tomaszewicz A, Knöös T. Be aware of neutrons outside short mazes from 10-MV linear accelerators X-rays in radiotherapy facilities. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2015; 165:464-467. [PMID: 25802465 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncv046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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During the radiation survey of a reinstalled 10-MV linear accelerator in an old radiation treatment facility, high dose rates of neutrons were observed. The area outside the maze entrance is used as a waiting room where patients, their relatives and staff other than those involved in the actual treatment can freely pass. High fluence rates of neutrons would cause an unnecessary high effective dose to the staff working in the vicinity of such a system, and it can be several orders higher than the doses received due to X-rays at the same location. However, the common knowledge appears to have been that the effect of neutrons at 10-MV X-ray linear accelerator facilities is negligible and shielding calculations models seldom mention neutrons for this operating energy level. Although data are scarce, reports regarding this phenomenon are now emerging. For the future, it is advocated that contributions from neutrons are considered already during the planning stage of new or modified facilities aimed for 10 MV and that estimated dose levels are verified.
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- S Brockstedt
- Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Holstein H, Ranebo Y, Rääf CL. Human metabolism of orally administered radioactive cobalt chloride. J Environ Radioact 2015; 143:152-158. [PMID: 25791772 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Revised: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This study investigated the human gastrointestinal uptake (f1) and subsequent whole-body retention of orally administered inorganic radioactive cobalt. Of eight adult volunteers aged between 24 and 68 years, seven were given solutions of (57)Co (T1/2 = 272 d) containing a stable cobalt carrier, and six were given carrier-free (58)Co (T1/2 = 71 d). The administered activities ranged between 25 and 103 kBq. The observed mean f1, based on 6 days accumulated urinary excretion sampling and whole-body counting, was 0.028 ± 0.0048 for carrier-free (58)Co, and 0.016 ± 0.0021 for carrier-associated (57)Co. These values were in reasonable agreement with values reported from previous studies involving a single intake of inorganic cobalt. The time pattern of the total retention (including residual cobalt in the GI tract) included a short-term component with a biological half-time of 0.71 ± 0.03 d (average ± 1 standard error of the mean for the two nuclides), an intermediate component with a mean half-time of 32 ± 8.5 d, and a long-term component (observed in two volunteers) with half-times ranging from 80 to 720 d for the two isotopes. From the present data we conclude that for the short-lived (57)Co and (58)Co, more than 95% of the internal absorbed dose was delivered within 7 days following oral intake, with a high individual variation influenced by the transit time of the unabsorbed cobalt through the gastro-intestinal tract.
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- H Holstein
- Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, 221 85 Lund, Sweden.
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- Barsebäck Kraft AB, Box 524, 246 25 Löddeköpinge, Sweden.
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden.
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Rääf CL, Holstein H, Holm E, Roos P. Hair as an indicator of the body content of polonium in humans: preliminary results from study of five male volunteers. J Environ Radioact 2015; 141:71-75. [PMID: 25557609 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Revised: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The radionuclide (210)Po is of importance from a radiation protection view and has properties that cause special problems when attempting to determine the body content in humans. Estimates have traditionally been made from either urine and/or fecal samples, which require a time-consuming radiochemical preparation before alpha spectrometric determination. In order to find a more simple and less labor intensive method hair has been used as a bioindicator and investigated in this study. The relationship between intake and excretion in hair has been estimated in five volunteers who ingested radioactive polonium ((209)Po as a bio-tracer for (210)Po) in well determined quantities. Four of the volunteers were given 5-10 Bq (209)Po in a single intake (acute intake) and one volunteer has ingested a daily intake of 58.7 mBq (209)Po for a period of 180 d. Human hair was found to reflect the daily clearance of ingested polonium peaking at 0.001-0.01% d(-1) of the ingested amount, thereafter decreasing mono-exponentially, corresponding to a biological half-time of 10-20 days. For the case of protracted intake a mono-exponential build-up was observed with a half-time of 40 ± 5 d. In addition, after cessation of intake, a short-term component (74%) with a biological half-time of 16 ± 4 d, and a long-term component (26%) with a half-time of 93 ± 53 d were observed. It is concluded that hair can be used to detect not only the amount of ingested polonium but also whether the intake was protracted or acute.
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- C L Rääf
- Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden.
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Physics, Sahlgren Academy at the University of Gothenburg, SE-413 45, Sweden.
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- DTU Nutech, Risø Campus, Technical University of Denmark, Frederiksborgvej 399, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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Imran A, Huss RA, Holstein H, O'Connor JJ. The variation in the orientations and moment arms of the knee extensor and flexor muscle tendons with increasing muscle force: a mathematical analysis. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2000; 214:277-86. [PMID: 10902442 DOI: 10.1243/0954411001535778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The orientations and moment arms of the knee extensor and flexor muscle tendons are evaluated with increasing values of muscle force during simulated isometric exercises. A four-bar linkage model of the knee in the sagittal plane was used to define the motion of the joint in the unloaded state during 0-120 degrees flexion. The cruciate and collateral ligaments were represented by arrays of elastic fibres, which were recruited sequentially under load or remained buckled when slack. A bi-articular model of the patello-femoral joint was used. Simple straight-line representation was used for the lines of action of the forces transmitted by the model muscle tendons. The effects of tissue deformation with increasing muscle force were considered. During quadriceps contraction resisted by an external flexing load, the maximum change in moment arm of the patellar tendon was found to be 2 per cent at 0 degree flexion when the quadriceps force was increased tenfold, from 250 to 2500 N. The corresponding maximum change in orientation of the tendon was 3 degrees at 120 degrees flexion. During hamstrings contraction resisted by an external extending load, the maximum change in moment arm of the hamstrings tendon was 8 per cent at 60 degrees flexion when the hamstrings force was increased tenfold, from 100 to 1000 N. During gastrocnemious contraction, the corresponding maximum change for the gastrocnemious tendon was 3 per cent at 0 degree. The orientations of the flexor muscle tendons in this range of force either remained constant or changed by 1 degree or less at any flexion angle. The general trend at any flexion angle was that, as the muscle force was increased, the moment arms and the orientations approached nearly constant values, showing asymptotic behaviour. It is concluded that experimental simulations of knee muscle action with low values of the externally applied load, of the order of 50 N, can provide reliable estimates of the relationships between muscle forces and external loads during activity.
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- A Imran
- Oxford Orthopaedic Engineering Centre, UK
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OBJECTIVE To predict the knee's response to isometric quadriceps contractions against a fixed tibial restraint.Design. Mathematical modelling of the human knee joint. BACKGROUND Isometric quadriceps contraction is commonly used for leg muscle strengthening following ligament injury or reconstruction. It is desirable to know the ligament forces induced but direct measurement is difficult. METHODS The model, previously applied to the Lachmann or 'drawer' tests, combines an extensible fibre-array representation of the cruciate ligaments with a compressible 'thin-layer' representation of the cartilage. The model allows the knee configuration and force system to be calculated, given flexion angle, restraint position and loading. RESULTS Inclusion of cartilage deformation increases relative tibio-femoral translation and decreases the ligament forces generated. For each restraint position, a range of flexion angles is found in which no ligament force is required, as opposed to a single flexion angle in the case of incompressible cartilage layers. CONCLUSIONS Knee geometry and ligament elasticity are found to be the most important factors governing the joint's response to isometric quadriceps contractions, but cartilage deformation is found to be more important than in the Lachmann test. RELEVANCE Estimation of knee ligament forces is important when devising exercise regimes following ligament injury or reconstruction. The finding of a 'neutral zone' of zero ligament force may have implications for rehabilitation of the ligament-injured knee.
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- R A Huss
- Department of Computer Science, University of Wales Penglais, Aberystwyth, UK.
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In this paper, deformation of the articular cartilage layers is incorporated into an existing two-dimensional quasi-static model of the knee joint. The new model relates the applied force and the joint displacement, as measured in the Lachmann drawer test, and allows the effect of cartilage deformation on the knee joint laxity to be determined. The new model augments the previous knee model by calculating the tibio-femoral contact force subject to an approximate 'thin-layer' constitutive equation, and a method is described for finding the configuration of the knee under a specified load, in terms of a displacement from a zero-load reference configuration. The results show that inclusion of deformable cartilage layers can cause a reduction of between 10 and 35 per cent in the force required to produce a given tibial displacement, over the range of flexion angles considered. The presence of cartilage deformation was found to be an important modifier of the loading response but is secondary to the effect of ligamentous extension. The flexion angle dependence of passive joint laxity is much more strongly influenced by fibre recruitment in the ligaments than by cartilage deformation.
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- R A Huss
- Department of Computer Science, University of Wales, UK
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Gabel D, Holstein H, Larsson B, Gille L, Ericson G, Sacker D, Som P, Fairchild RG. Quantitative neutron capture radiography for studying the biodistribution of tumor-seeking boron-containing compounds. Cancer Res 1987; 47:5451-4. [PMID: 3652047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Biodistribution of two compounds presently considered for use in neutron capture therapy has been studied in mice carrying a transplantable Harding-Passey melanoma. A method is described by which quantitative assessment can be made of the boron distribution in whole-body sections of such animals. An alpha-particle-sensitive film is placed in close contact with a freeze-dried section of an animal and exposed to neutrons. The tracks visible after etching are analyzed optoelectronically in fields of 0.6 X 0.6 mm2 and compared to standards of boron homogeneously distributed in liver homogenates. The dynamic range of this method is about two orders of magnitude in concentration, with a lower detection limit of 0.1 to 0.01 ppm 10B, depending on the rate of induction of spurious tracks by fast neutrons present in the neutron beam chosen. In a transplantable Harding-Passey melanoma in mice, it was found that the sulfhydryl boron hydride Na2B12H11SH presently used for therapy of glioblastoma clears blood, muscle, and brain very rapidly. Its accumulation in tumors was persistent for more than three days. A higher tumor accumulation was observed with its disulfide, which has been suggested for neutron capture therapy. For both compounds, a marked heterogeneity of boron distribution within one tumor was found.
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- D Gabel
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bremen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Holstein H. The MDR rule. J Hosp Supply Process Distrib 1985; 3:58, 60. [PMID: 10269796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Holstein H. Pace quickens on product bar coding. Med Prod Sales 1983; 14:27, 40. [PMID: 10264052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Schwartz FW, Holstein H, Brecht JG. [Result of legally prescribed early diagnosis of cancer from the viewpoint of effectiveness (author's transl)]. Offentl Gesundheitswes 1979; 41:347-54. [PMID: 156893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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