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Osteometry and autoradiography of the long bones of sleletons of women exposed to internal radiation at 13–19 years of age
Author(s) -
Polednak Anthony P.,
Farnham Joseph E.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330520305
Subject(s) - radium , radiation dose , medicine , ingestion , nuclear medicine , age groups , radiation , internal radiation , physiology , demography , chemistry , radiochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology
Lengths of long bones of skeletons were examined in 25 women first exposed to large skeletal doses of radiation (alpha particles from radium) at the age of 13–19 years. Meanlengths did not differ significantly between two subgroups based on age at first exposure toradiation (i.e., 13–16 vs. 17–19 years). Autoradiographs of femora of some women who ingested radium at 13–15 years of age showed evidence for bone growth when blood levels of radium were low (i.e., after ingestion of radium). These findings indicate no detectable effect of large skeletal doses of radiation on growth in adolescent and post‐adolescent periods.