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Long-Term Retention of Radiocesium by Man

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The los alamos 4 pi liquid scintillation counter (humco 1) was used to measure whole-body retention of radiocesium in four adult male subjects. Two subjects were measured for about 550 days and one for 940 days. The whole-body retention data were reduced into two- component exponential equations by a curve-fitting method programmed for an ibm model 704 computer. The biological half-time of the important retention component ranged from 110 to 147 days, with a mean value of approximately 135 days, for the four subjects. Standard deviations are given for the retention parameter. Results of other investigators are presented.

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