FACTORS USED FOR THE ESTIMATION OF RADIOACTIVE NUCLIDE INTAKE THROUGH FOODSTUFFS BY INHABITANTS IN COASTAL AREA OF IBARAKI PREFECTURE (I)

LEAF VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION IN KUJI TOWN AND TOKAI VILLAGE AND MEASUREMENT OF DIMENSIONS OF THE LEAVES

Abstract

The consumption of leaf vegetables was surveyed on three kinds of families in Kuji town and Tokai village. The average daily intake through a year was 116, 115 and 132g/d/p for fisherman's families in Kuji, native's in Tokai and immigrant's from city to Tokai village, respectively. High consumption of leaf vegetables was observed in autumn and winter, and less consumption in summer. All the year round the cabbage and welsh onion were consumed, in summer the lettuce and from autumn to spring the chinese cabbage and spinach. The average daily intake of each leaf vegetable was calculated. Dimensions of the leaves of leaf vegetables relating to the deposition of gaseous iodine-131 were also measured.