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Concentration of239, 240Pu in human bone

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Some results of the plutonium determination for bone ash samples collected in Japan are presented. Mean239,240Pu concentration in the adult vertebra was 0.53 pCi/kg of ash during the period 1978 through 1983. The data are roughly in coincidence with estimated plutonium concentrations in the trabecular bone from reported air plutonium concentrations using the ICRP model and metabolic data, and weight of bone in Reference Japanese Man.

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  1. Division of Radioecology, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 3609 Isozaki, 311-12, Nakaminato, Ibaraki, Japan

    H. Kawamura, G. Tanaka & K. Shiraishi

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Kawamura, H., Tanaka, G. & Shiraishi, K. Concentration of239, 240Pu in human bone. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 115, 309–315 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02037446

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