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Cesium-137 and potassium contents in low-teens in areas of different fall-out levels in Japan

Abstract

Comparative measurements were made by a whole body counter equipped in the University of Tokyo with regard to the /sup 137/Cs body burden of 88 Japanese male low-teens in Akita and Tokyo. In spite of the heavy fall-out level in Akita, the mean /sup 137/Cs body burden was significantly lower than that in Tokyo where the fall-out deposition was about half. The major cause of the difference in the body burden was considered to be the difference in the daily volume of milk consumption in the two groups which was disclosed from the results of an interview with each subject. The /sup 137/Cs content showed a very low correlation with the potassium content in each group. The fact raised an important question concerning the effectiveness of the concept of ''cesium unit'' for describing the level of internal contamination in man.
Authors:
Ueda, K; Anzai, I; Togo, M; Katsunuma, H [1] 
  1. Tokyo Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Medicine
Publication Date:
May 01, 1977
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
AIX-09-355053; EDB-78-046904
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: J. Radiat. Res.; (Japan); Journal Volume: 18:2
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; CESIUM 137; BODY BURDEN; JAPAN; FALLOUT; POTASSIUM; AGE GROUPS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DRINKING WATER; FISHES; MEAT; MEN; MILK; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING; ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; ALKALI METALS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ASIA; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BODY FLUIDS; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; ELEMENTS; FOOD; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; MALES; MAMMALS; MAN; METALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PRIMATES; RADIOISOTOPES; VERTEBRATES; WATER; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 560171* - Radiation Effects- Nuclide Kinetics & Toxicology- Man- (-1987)
OSTI ID:
5247160
Country of Origin:
Japan
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: JRARA
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
Pages: 151-159
Announcement Date:
Feb 01, 1978

Citation Formats

Ueda, K, Anzai, I, Togo, M, and Katsunuma, H. Cesium-137 and potassium contents in low-teens in areas of different fall-out levels in Japan. Japan: N. p., 1977. Web.
Ueda, K, Anzai, I, Togo, M, & Katsunuma, H. Cesium-137 and potassium contents in low-teens in areas of different fall-out levels in Japan. Japan.
Ueda, K, Anzai, I, Togo, M, and Katsunuma, H. 1977. "Cesium-137 and potassium contents in low-teens in areas of different fall-out levels in Japan." Japan.
@misc{etde_5247160,
title = {Cesium-137 and potassium contents in low-teens in areas of different fall-out levels in Japan}
author = {Ueda, K, Anzai, I, Togo, M, and Katsunuma, H}
abstractNote = {Comparative measurements were made by a whole body counter equipped in the University of Tokyo with regard to the /sup 137/Cs body burden of 88 Japanese male low-teens in Akita and Tokyo. In spite of the heavy fall-out level in Akita, the mean /sup 137/Cs body burden was significantly lower than that in Tokyo where the fall-out deposition was about half. The major cause of the difference in the body burden was considered to be the difference in the daily volume of milk consumption in the two groups which was disclosed from the results of an interview with each subject. The /sup 137/Cs content showed a very low correlation with the potassium content in each group. The fact raised an important question concerning the effectiveness of the concept of ''cesium unit'' for describing the level of internal contamination in man.}
journal = []
volume = {18:2}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Japan}
year = {1977}
month = {May}
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