Radioactivity of teeth in the follow-up of old contamination cases

J. P. Culot; W. Blommaert; C. Hurtgen; J. P. Minon

doi:10.1007/BF02063638

Radioactivity of teeth in the follow-up of old contamination cases

J. P. Culot, W. Blommaert, C. Hurtgen, J. P. Minon

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Abstract

The activity of plutonium and americium has been measured in teeth from two persons involved in an incident 25 years ago at Eurochemic. Assuming that the alpha activity of the teeth is representative of the activity of the skeleton an estimate of the systemic body burden is given and compared to the value obtained from the late urinary excretion using the Leggen-Eckerman excretion model. The results are compared with some data from US Transuranium and Uranium Registries.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	139-143
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	226
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02063638
State	Published - 1997

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Analytical Chemistry
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Pollution
Spectroscopy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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