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Measurements of210Pb and210Po in Japanese human hair

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210Pb and210Po in human hair have been measured to serve as an aid in order to estimate the dietary intake and body burden of these radionuclides of Japanese. The210Po concentrations found in 83 hair samples were ranging from 4.0 to 59.3 mBq/g with a mean (median) value of 18.2±12.2 (14.9) mBq/g as compared to the210Pb concentrations from 0.7 to 6.5 mBq/g with a mean (median) value of 2.3±1.1 (2.0) mBq/g. The210Po/210Pb activity ratios (mean: 8.7±5.1, median: 7.1) were surprisingly higher compared with the available literature value of about 2. The high concentration of210Po in human hair of Japanese may be due to the ingestion of animal protein mainly in the form of seafood.

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  1. Low Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Kanazawa University, Tatsunokuchi, 923-12, Ishikawa, (Japan)

    M. Yamamoto, Y. Yamauchi, K. Komura & K. Ueno

  2. Division of Radioecology, National Institute of Radiological Science, 3609 Isozaki, 311-12, Nakaminato, Ibaraki, (Japan)

    H. Kawamura

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Yamamoto, M., Yamauchi, Y., Kawamura, H. et al. Measurements of210Pb and210Po in Japanese human hair. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 157, 37–45 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02039775

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