Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2026. Vol. 71. № 3

DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2026-71-3-80-87

M.V. Osipov

Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Occupational and Medical Radiation Exposure on Health

Southern Urals Federal Research and Clinical Center for Medical Biophysics, Ozyorsk, Russia

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ABSTRACT 

The review of the literature aimed on assessing the occupational and medical diagnostic radiation exposure impact on human health. Main Russian and international publications in open access international databases as PubMed, Scopus, RSCI, and relevant sources are considered. The current state of the problem is assessed, radiation sources and doses are characterized, and the key approaches to assessing the long-term effects of occupational and medical diagnostic radiation exposure are described. Comparative results of assessing the radiogenic risk of occupational radiation from various sources are presented, noting the significant contribution of Mayak PA cohort study. Particular attention is given to publications containing the results of studies assessing the risk of medical diagnostic exposure due to computed tomography, which currently makes the largest contribution to the cumulative diagnostic radiation dose burden of patients. The need for a comprehensive study of the long-term consequences of exposure to diagnostic and occupational radiation among personnel of nuclear industrial complex enterprises is demonstrated.

Keywords:   occupational exposure, diagnostic exposure, radiation risk, computed tomography, low doses

For citation:  Osipov MV. Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Occupational and Medical Radiation Exposure on Health. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2026;71(3):80–87.   DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2026-71-3-80-87

 

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Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Financing. The study was conducted using funds from the Federal Budget of the Russian Federation within the framework “Improving the System of Medical and Dosimetric Support for Workers at a Radiation-Hazardous Enterprise and the Population in the Observation Zone” (code: “Health and Doses 26-28”).

Contribution. Osipov M.V. – design of the study, literature overview, manuscript preparing.

Article received: 20.02.2026. Accepted for publication: 25.03.2026.