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Table 7— (Continued)

Sample

Date obtained

Location

22Na, dis/min

per liter

Alaska
Caribou meat_
Caribou meat
Moose meat
Moose meat
Caribou meat

Caribou meat

Reindeer meat

Urinet
Man (Eskimo)7

Near
Near
Near
Near

Kotzebue
Kotzebue
Kotzebue
Kotzebue

July 1963
July 1963
March 1964
March 1964

180
89.1
58.7
80.6

Near Kotzebue

Oct. 9, 1961

23.0

Anaktuvuk Pass
Anaktuvuk Pass

January 1964
January 1964

Near Kotzebue
Near Kotzebue

Aug. 5, 1961

August 1963

9.13

15.6

126
34277

*Richland, Wash., composite from several individuals.

+These values are estimated whole-body burdens for **Na based on an 11-day
biological half-life.
tComposite from two Alaskan Eskimos.

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