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Science 4 October 1963:
Vol. 142. no. 3588, pp. 66 - 67
DOI: 10.1126/science.142.3588.66
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Cesium-134 in Alaskan Eskimos and in Fallout

Harvey E. Palmer 1 and Richard W. Perkins 1

1 Hanford Laboratories, General Electric Companzy, Richland, Washington

Whole-body counts of Alaskan Eskimos during the summer of 1962 showed the presence of cesium-134 as well as cesium-137. Cesium-134 was also found in reindeer and caribou meat; this finding was confirmed through coincidence counting. There was generally about 1 percent as much cesium-134 as there was cesium-137. Cesium-134 was also found on air filters collected at Richland, Washington. The appearance of cesium-134 seems to be world-wide and continuing.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Air Concentrations of Twelve Radionuclides from 1962 through Mid-1964.
R. W. Perkins, J. M. Nielsen, and C. W. Thomas (1964)
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Radioactivity Measurements in Alaskan Eskimos in 1963.
H. E. Palmer, W. C. Hanson, B. I. Griffin, and D. M. Fleming (1964)
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