Preliminary report on human excretion of tritium
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.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 159360
- Report Number(s):
- LAMS-1099; ON: DE95013618
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 6 Apr 1950
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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