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J B HURSH

Publications and source records attributed to J B HURSH.

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PubMed1961

Estimation of total body fat from potassium-40 content.

On the assumption that the potassium content of the lean body mass is constant, it should be possible to estimate fat content in living man from a measurement of potassium-40 activity in the whole-body scintillation counter. A series of such measurements on children and young adults shows good correlations with skin-fold thickness and weight/height ratio as indices of fatness.

Adipose Tissue↗
PubMed1960

Natural lead-210 content of man.

The natural Pb(2l0) content of ash samples from 18 cadavers has been measured, and an average in vivo content of 0.0 15 picocurie per gram of wet bone is estimated. The contribution of Pb(210) to the radioactive dose from natural sources is about one-fifth that from internally deposited Ra(226) and its daughters.

Humans↗