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An urn contains balls ofs different colors. The problem of the reinforcement of a specified color and random depletion of balls has been considered by Shenton (1981, 1983). In this paper, the theory is applied to the biological age dependent half-life of radioactive iodine in man; the data of Cook and Snyder (1965) is used. The intake of radioactive iodine and its retention subsequently is studied.
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Research sponsored by the Office of Health and Environmental Research, Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-840R21400 with the Martin Merietta Energy Systems. Inc.
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Bowman, K.O., Shenton, L.R. & Bernard, S.R. Study of age dependent half-life of iodine in man: A reinforcement-depletion urn model. Bltn Mathcal Biology 47, 205–213 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02460031
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