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Thorium exposure: Problems in bioassay interpretation

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The main objective of this paper is to point out problems associated with interpretation of bioassay monitoring in view of the existing biokinetic models. The exposure to thorium in Brazil is given in this paper as an example of the seriousness of the problem.

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  1. Instituto de Radioprotecao e Dosimetria/CNEN, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, (Brasil)

    J. L. Lipsztein, B. M. Dantas & L. Bertelli

  2. Instituto de Biologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, (Brasil)

    D. Grynspan

  3. Environmental Radiation and Toxicology Laboratory, University of Utah, (USA)

    M. E. Wrenn

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Lipsztein, J.L., Grynspan, D., Dantas, B.M. et al. Thorium exposure: Problems in bioassay interpretation. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 156, 389–400 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02038352

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