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Analytical Quality Assurance Procedures Developed for the IAEA's Reference Asian Man Project (Phase 2)

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Analytical quality assurance procedures adopted for use in the IAEA Co-ordinated Research Project on Ingestion and Organ Content of Trace Elements of Importance in Radiological Protection are designed to ensure comparability of the analytical results for Cs, I, Sr, Th, U and other elements in human tissues and diets collected and analysed in nine participating countries. The main analytical techniques are NAA and ICP-MS. For sample preparation, all participants are using identical food blenders which have been centrally supplied after testing for contamination. For quality control of the analyses, six NIST SRMs covering a range of matrices with certified and reference values for the elements of interest have been distributed. A new Japanese reference diet material has also been developed. These quality assurance procedures are summarized here and new data are presented for Cs, I, Sr, Th and U in the NIST SRMs.

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  1. National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, 311-1202, Japan

    H. Kawamura

  2. International Atomic Energy Agency, P.O. Box 100, A-1400, Vienna, Austria

    R. M. Parr

  3. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India

    H. S. Dang

  4. China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, 102413, P.R. China

    W. Tian

  5. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003-4510, USA

    R. M. Barnes

  6. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA

    G. V. Iyengar

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Kawamura, H., Parr, R.M., Dang, H.S. et al. Analytical Quality Assurance Procedures Developed for the IAEA's Reference Asian Man Project (Phase 2). Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 245, 123–126 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006712813369

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