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Science 12 April 1963:
Vol. 140. no. 3563, pp. 176 - 177
DOI: 10.1126/science.140.3563.176
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Strontium-90 Content of Deciduous Human Incisors

Harold L. Rosenthal 1, John E. Gilster 1, and John T. Bird 1

1 School of Dentistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

The concentrations of strontium-90 in deciduous incisor teeth of children born in St. Louis between 1949 to 1957 are in accord with estimated bone levels, suggesting that human deciduous teeth are useful as an index of strontium-90 accumulation during the time the teeth are formed.


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