Experientia

, Volume 27, Issue 1, pp 85–89 | Cite as

The thorium-series in cigarettes and in lungs of smokers

  • G. Joyet
Specialia Anatomica, Histologica, Embryologica, Carcinologica
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Keywords

Radon Thorium Trade Mark Thoron Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma 
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Résumé

Le spectre de cigarettes courantes révèle systématiquement la série radioactive du thorium, à raison de 9 à 36 mg de232Th-equiv. pour 9000 cigarettes, la consommation annuelle d'un grand fumeur. Dans l'anthropospectromètre, le thorax de la moitié des fumeurs mesurés montre les raies de la même série avec 1,7 à 2,4 ± 0,6 mg de232Th-équiv. par sujet.

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© Birkhäuser Verlag 1971

Authors and Affiliations

  • G. Joyet
    • 1
  1. 1.Laboratory for Dosimetry and ProtectionUniversity of ZürichSwitzerland

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