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Natural and Artificial Radionuclides in Seafoods and Marine Protein Concentrates

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The concentrations of various radionuclides in seafoods have been measured, and the results indicate that if marine protein concentrates are used as human food the 210Pb–210Po pair may become the principal source of the skeletal radiation dose.

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  1. THOMAS M. BEASLEY

    Present address: Laboratory of Radiation Ecology, College of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

  2. YVONNE M. JONES

    Present address: Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

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  1. Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

    THOMAS M. BEASLEY & CHARLES L. OSTERBERG

  2. Battelle Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington

    YVONNE M. JONES

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BEASLEY, T., OSTERBERG, C. & JONES, Y. Natural and Artificial Radionuclides in Seafoods and Marine Protein Concentrates. Nature 221, 1207–1209 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2211207a0

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