Table 4.

Thyroid dose estimates for the study subjects.

Pathway and radionuclides of exposure	Thyroid dosea (Gy)
	Belarus	Russia	Both countries
Inhalation of 131I	0.009 (0–0.17)	0.0017 (0.0002–0.028)	0.007 (0–0.17)
131I intake with milk	0.27 (0–7.6)	0.020 (0–5.2)	0.15 (0–7.6)
131I intake with leafy vegetables	0b (0 – 4.9)	0.002 (0–0.51)	0b (0–4.9)
Short-lived radionuclidesc	0.0017 (0–0.53)	0.00014 (9×10−6–0.026)	0.0012 (0–0.53)
External exposure	0.0024 (0.0001–0.098)	0.001 (2×10−5–0.031)	0.0022 (2×10−5–0.098)
134,137Cs ingestion	0.0012 (2×10−5–0.042)	0.0005 (1×10−5–0.012)	0.001 (1×10−5–0.042)
All exposure pathways	0.37 (0.001–10.2)	0.034 (0.0003–5.3)	0.21 (0.0003–10.2)

^aMedian (range).

^bMore than half of subjects reported that they did not consume leafy vegetables.

^cShort-lived radioiodines ¹³²I, ¹³³I, ¹³⁵I, and short-lived radiotelluriums ^131mTe, ¹³²Te.