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Body Burden of Caesium-137 in Japan

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A monthly monitoring programme at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan, has recorded changes in the body burden of caesium-137 and of other radioactive isotopes. Caesium and potassium appear to be correlated in distribution.

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  1. National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

    T. A. IINUMA, M. UCHIYAMA, T. NAGAI, T. ISHIHARA & M. SAIKI

  2. National Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan

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IINUMA, T., UCHIYAMA, M., NAGAI, T. et al. Body Burden of Caesium-137 in Japan. Nature 214, 133–135 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214133a0

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