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Science 30 July 1965:
Vol. 149. no. 3683, pp. 537 - 538
DOI: 10.1126/science.149.3683.537
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Polonium-210 Content of Mainstream Cigarette Smoke

Thomas F. Kelley 1

1 Bio-Research Consultants, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141

When eleven brands of cigarettes were smoked in a standardized manner, differences in the polonium-210 content of various brands were found. The differences were not directly related to the presence of a filter or to the construction of the filter, but were related to the amount of particulate matter in the mainstream smoke.


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