The specific activity of tritium in the organic components of the skin and fat of man following eight months` chronic exposure to HTO in body fluids
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A healthy 39-year-old male weighing 65 kg was exposed for a period of 8 months to varying levels of HTO. The average tritium activity in body fluids over the entire period was 23 {mu}c/liter. A few weeks after exposure, when the HTO activity in body fluids had declined to about 0.2 {mu}c/liter, a biopsy was pe formed on skin and fat taken from the region of the lower abdomen, and the material was analyzed for tritium activity. The skin showed an average activity equivalent to 0.4 {mu}c/kg of dr…
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Date:
October 1, 1952
Creator:
Pinson, E.A.; Anderson, E.C. & Lotz, V.
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