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Preliminary report on human excretion of tritium

Author(s) -

E. C. Anderson,

Ernest A. Pinson

Publication year - 1950

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/159360

Subject(s) - tritium , excretion , urine , zoology , radiochemistry , inhalation , chemistry , medicine , biology , physics , nuclear physics , anesthesia , biochemistry

Six subjects received a few millicuries Of tritium by inhalation of isotopically labeled hydrogen gas. The concentration of H{sup 3} in the urine of these individuals has been followed for a period of some 15 days. The rate of excretion of the tritium was found to be constant for a given subject but to vary considerably, among individuals. Data on five individuals arbitrarily normalized to coincide at zero time showed a range in biological half-life from about 9 days to nearly 13 days. These values are to be compared with the value calculated for the Chalk River ``Standard Man`` of 13.5 days, assuming the tritim to be confined to the body water

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