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Title: Jack Healy Remembers - Anecdotal Evidence for the Origin of the Approximate 24-hour Urine Sampling Protocol Used for Worker Bioassay Monitoring

Abstract

The origin of the approximate 24-hour urine sampling protocol used at Hanford for routine bioassay is attributed to an informal study done in the mid-1940s. While the actual data were never published and have been lost, anecdotal recollections by staff involved in the initial bioassay program design and administration suggest that the sampling protocol had a solid scientific basis. Numerous alternate methods for normalizing partial day samples to represent a total 24-hour collection have since been proposed and used, but no one method is obviously preferred.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
958497
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-61758
TRN: US1000354
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Health Physics Society Newsletter, XXXVI(10):1-7
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 36; Journal Issue: 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; BIOASSAY; PERSONNEL MONITORING; SAMPLING; URINE; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; HANFORD RESERVATION; bioassay; urine sampling

Citation Formats

Carbaugh, Eugene H. Jack Healy Remembers - Anecdotal Evidence for the Origin of the Approximate 24-hour Urine Sampling Protocol Used for Worker Bioassay Monitoring. United States: N. p., 2008. Web.
Carbaugh, Eugene H. Jack Healy Remembers - Anecdotal Evidence for the Origin of the Approximate 24-hour Urine Sampling Protocol Used for Worker Bioassay Monitoring. United States.
Carbaugh, Eugene H. 2008. "Jack Healy Remembers - Anecdotal Evidence for the Origin of the Approximate 24-hour Urine Sampling Protocol Used for Worker Bioassay Monitoring". United States.
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title = {Jack Healy Remembers - Anecdotal Evidence for the Origin of the Approximate 24-hour Urine Sampling Protocol Used for Worker Bioassay Monitoring},
author = {Carbaugh, Eugene H},
abstractNote = {The origin of the approximate 24-hour urine sampling protocol used at Hanford for routine bioassay is attributed to an informal study done in the mid-1940s. While the actual data were never published and have been lost, anecdotal recollections by staff involved in the initial bioassay program design and administration suggest that the sampling protocol had a solid scientific basis. Numerous alternate methods for normalizing partial day samples to represent a total 24-hour collection have since been proposed and used, but no one method is obviously preferred.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/958497}, journal = {Health Physics Society Newsletter, XXXVI(10):1-7},
number = 10,
volume = 36,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008},
month = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008}
}