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Science 31 August 1962:
Vol. 137. no. 3531, pp. 690 - 691
DOI: 10.1126/science.137.3531.690
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Bovine Thyroid Iodine-131 Concentrations Subsequent to Soviet Nuclear Weapon Tests

Clifton Blincoe 1 and V. R. Bohman 1

1 Departments of Agricultural Chemistry and Animal Husbandry, University of Nevada, Reno

The iodine-131 concentration in thyroids of cattle slaughtered in Reno, Nevada, was measured during and following recent atmospheric nuclear weapon tests by the U.S.S.R. The iodine-131 concentration rose rapidly to a maximum and then declined with an apparent half-life of 7 days after conclusion of the test series. The average dose to bovine thyroids from this test series was estimated to be 17 rads.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Iodine-131 Fallout from Underground Tests.
E. A. Martell (1964)
Science 143, 126-129
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Iodine-131 in the Thyroids of North American Deer and Caribou: Comparison after Nuclear Tests.
W. C. Hanson, F. W. Whicker, and A. H. Dahl (1963)
Science 140, 801-802
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