However, many of these studies do.not include the estimation of radiation doses to potential consumers.
Radiation dose is a better indicator of potential health effects than radioactivity concentration.
Two of the studies which were funded by the Institute compiled radioactivity concentrations in foods and included the estimation of radiation dose to consumers of the foods. The purpose of this study will be to compile food concentrations from other studies and to estimate the radiation dose to potential consumers of the foods. This task will be accomplished by researching data which have been collected and are currently being compiled by studies funded by the Institute and by other studies. These data will be entered into the integrated SAS data base compiled by the previous studies of radioactivity in foods. This will allow statistical analyses to be conducted on these new data bases separately or in conjunction with the data previously compiled by the studies of radioactivity in foods.