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Recherches sur l'accumulation et la toxicité du radium et du radiostrontium dans le corps humain. II. L'anthropogammamètre (Whole Body Counter) de Genève
Author(s) -
Wenger Pierre,
Miller Charles E.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
helvetica chimica acta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.74
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1522-2675
pISSN - 0018-019X
DOI - 10.1002/hlca.19630460207
Subject(s) - radium , chemistry , whole body counting , radiochemistry , physics , nuclear physics , radionuclide
The construction characteristics of the Geneva Whole Body Counter are given and the techniques used for measuring the subjects and calibrating natural potassium, l37 Cs and radium contamination in humans are described. The radium body burdens of a first series of 70 professionally contaminated cases are given.