Concentration of 239,240Pu in human autopsy tissues. Preliminary report of a comparative study on different populations. | Zendy

Hisao Kawamura | Zendy; Gi-ichiro Tanaka | Zendy; J.F. McInroy | Zendy; B Eutsler | Zendy

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Concentration of 239,240Pu in human autopsy tissues. Preliminary report of a comparative study on different populations.

Author(s) -

Hisao Kawamura,

Gi-ichiro Tanaka,

J.F. McInroy,

B Eutsler

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

journal of radiation research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1349-9157

pISSN - 0449-3060

DOI - 10.1269/jrr.22.373

Subject(s) - autopsy , plutonium , population , human kidney , kidney , medicine , nuclear medicine , pathology , radiochemistry , chemistry , environmental health

Concentrations of 239, 240Pu in human autopsy tissue samples from the general population in Japan are reported for 1970. The mean plutonium concentration was determined to be 0.23±0.63, 0.57±0.37, and 1.10±0.63 pCi/kg for the lung, liver and vertebrae samples, respectively; no appreciable concentration of plutonium was found in the kidney samples. These results are being compared with the data obtained from autopsy cases from the general population in the United States for the same year.

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