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Science 9 September 1966:
Vol. 153. no. 3741, pp. 1259 - 1260
DOI: 10.1126/science.153.3741.1259
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Lead-210 and Polonium-210 in Tissues of Cigarette Smokers

Richard B. Holtzman 1 and Frank H. Ilcewicz 1

1 Radiological Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439

Concentrations of lead-210 and polonium-210 in rib bones taken from 13 cigarette smokers were about twice those in six nonsmokers, the polonium-210 being close to radioactive equilibrium with the lead-210. In alveolar lung tissue the concentration of lead-210 in smokers was about twice that in nonsmokers. These differences are attributed to additional intake by inhalation of lead-210.


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