Plutonium accumulation from long-term occupational exposure.
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Humans↗
Biomedical subjects
W LANGHAM
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Entry of radioactive fallout into the biosphere and man.
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Nuclear Warfare↗
Radioactivity of people and foods.
Measurements of the cesium-137 content of people and of foodstuffs indicate that this nuclide is unlikely to be a decisive factor in the long-term hazards from weapons testing and reactor waste disposal. The amount of cesium-137 now present in the population of the United States averages 0.006 microcurie and shows no marked dependence on geographic location. The average radiation dose received from cesium-137 is one-twentieth of that received from natural radiopotassium and 1 percent of the average total dose from all natural sources. Because of the short biological half-life of cesium of about 140 days, it does not accumulate in the body as does strontium-90. The study of the distribution of cesium-137 is being continued to furnish information on the mechanisms of the fallout process and provide a measure of the rate of fallout and of stratospheric storage.
Cesium↗
The relative biological effectiveness of tritium beta-radiation with the broad bean root (Vicia faba) as a test system.
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Beta Particles↗
Studies of the effect of rapidly delivered, massive doses of gamma-rays on mammals.
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Animals↗
Clinical evaluation of dicumarinyl derivatives with a metabolic study of the radioactively labeled anticoagulants in animals.
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Animals↗