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After animals have been exposed to plutonium it eventually becomes distributed unevenly throughout the bone tissue. There is therefore a need to study the dosimetry of plutonium, particularly 239Pu, as a function of its depth of burial in bone. This article discusses a simple approach to the problem, and the magnitude of some of the possible errors involved.
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Thorne, M. Aspects of the dosimetry of plutonium in bone. Nature 259, 539–541 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259539a0
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