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Science 31 August 1962:
Vol. 137. no. 3531, p. 668
DOI: 10.1126/science.137.3531.668
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Concentration of Cesium-137 in Human Rib Bone

Robert W. Anderson 1 and Philip F. Gustafson 1

1 Division of Biological and Medical Research, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois

The concentration of fission product cesium-137 in human rib, sampled from various age groups, has been determined by low-level gamma-ray spectrometry. We propose several possible interpretations of the data and point out the possibility that mechanisms of cesium retention may be age-dependent.


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