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Strontium-90 in Human Teeth

Nature volume 189, pages 848–849 (1961)Cite this article

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THE ultimate concern in strontium-90 fall-out monitoring is the amount of the nuclide assimilated in man. Several world-wide studies have been made to determine the concentration of this fission product in human bone. Kulp1 defined the strontium-90 content of bones of children and adults up to 1959, while Bryant published similar United Kingdom bone results for 19582,3 and early 19594.

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BUTLER, F. Strontium-90 in Human Teeth. Nature 189, 848–849 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189848a0

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