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J.W. Stather, A.W. Phillips, The Work of Committee 2 of ICRP in Developing Dose Coefficients for the Embryo and Fetus, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Volume 79, Issue 1-4, 1 October 1998, Pages 299–302, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032414
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Abstract
Committee 2 of the International Commission on Radiological Protection has the responsibility for calculating radiation doses from intakes of radionuclides for all age groups in the population. This includes the development of models for calculating doses to the embryo and fetus following intakes of radionuclides by the mother. In the development of models for the fetus, human data have been used as far as is possible. Where human data are not available, a generic modelling approach based principally on information from experimental animals on relative concentrations of radionuclides in fetal and maternal tissues has been used. These models are being applied to calculate doses to the offspring for acute and chronic intakes of radionuclides by the mother, both before conception and at various times during gestation. The development of both biokinetic and dosimetric models are reviewed and the results of preliminary dose calculations presented.