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4.3

Internal

Dose

Brookhaven
in

the

al

measure

of

the

importance

diet

for

internal

body

burden

about

175,000
internal

33% of

that

cesium

whole-body

marrow,

about

by the

al

it

is

for

1984c;

It

to

since

independent

cesium

follow

of

is

of

accounts

cesium

determine

Niltenberger

cesium,

factors.

since

to

analysis

1984b,

one

and

case,

in

4.3

picocuries

in

(.03

1979

of

dietary

etc.

Fig.

670,000

rate

dose

liver,

et

external

results

dose

by urinary

definitive

wanted

counting

it

is

et
a

assumptions
primary

for

some

80% of

in

cesium-137

dose.

picocuries

cesium

red

is

whole-body

from

the

present

The Brookhaven

whole-body

(Lessard

and other

the

of

Laboratory

supplemented

is

what

National

method

population,

The method

regarding

the

the

and plutonium-239

1980).

direct

Brookhaven

chose

exposed

strontium

-

.030

input

was

.624

would

be

#1 show
in

method
rem.
equal

(.11
Thus

(whole-body)
(.094

The
to

decline

1958-65

rem/year).

rem/year

the

the
in

rem/year).

tissue
this

rem/year)

doses

Brookhaven
1978

The
to

to

bone

was only

30-year
surfaces,

figure.

/’-’

G’
DOE-1982

-

overstated

the

cesium

dose

by a

(-~

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