The aim of this study is to evaluate the risk of alpha emitter’s concentrations and measure it in human blood. The
current study was done in the central laboratory and archaeologist employees of the Iraqi museum; likewise, the
study also involved employees in State board of antiquities and heritage and Abd al-karim qasim museum that are
located in Baghdad, Iraq. CR-39 Detector was used to measure alpha emitters track density. 60 participants Blood
samples were collected in total (30 people in workers and 30 people in controls that were collected from general
population). The maximum obtained values of alpha track density were (213.16±7.58 tracks/ mm2) and minimum
obtained values (32.61±3.70 tracks/ mm2) in workers group with average of (81.36±3.78 No. of tracks/mm2) and the
maximum obtained values of alpha track density were (219.37±6.75 tracks/ mm2) and minimum obtained values
(3.02±0.37 tracks/ mm2) in control group with average of (28.45± 2.10 tracks/mm2). The result showed higher alpha
emitter concentration in workers compared to the control group. Based on these results, high alpha concentrations
to museum workers and archaeologists may have increased risk to DNA damage and cancer compared to
non-occupational workers.
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2021
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