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—

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.

-—

-.

than that to adults.
The

Ln.fmt heir-gbreast fed will of course

cose t; a young

thap that calculatedfsr
0.9;

1,4

thzt

The 0?, body/diet for yomg

adults.

21SD k

less

infants is

is, th~eyo.m~ ir-fantnearly equilibrateswith F4isdiet.

However, the =athers’ SY<, as discussedPreviously}has z Sr/Cz ratio
- 0.1 that of the adult diet. The OR bo@q/diet then decreasesto 0.5 for

2,k,6

vd.ue of 0<25.

. .

exceeds that of the mtker m
h

reports bJ Rmb,

9

9,:0

of ether at~lts.

ILmza ——
et 21.,

calculatedfor an adult for

137

“l~aqdcook

~=~ SnyEer,U

the dose

Cs is a conservativeesti=ate far the fetus

and the newborn.
3.

.

.

. .

Dose to Children:.elitiveta MQts
.
--m
which indicates
A
considerablebody
of
evidence
is
available
‘[CS -

thatthe!ialf-tim for 137CS ti the body is a function of age, with a mre
U-14
rapid tu-rnoverfcr yomger ages.“

The biological haM-tim
.

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