Pulses were simultaneously counted in a high energy channel
to 1.6 Mev) and a low energy channel
(about 0.4 to 0.8 Mev).
(about 0.8
The Potassium
and Cesium in the subject were calculated by comparisons which are described
in the Appendix.
A basic assumption is that the only gamma activity in the
human body is one for K40 (1.46 Mev) and cs !3/ (0.66 Mev).
ments were made
between
November
1957 and March
Since our measure-
1958, when the short
lived
components of atomic fallout were small, we believe that this assumption is
justified.
A similar assumption is made for measurements in the Los Alamos
human counter (>),
Potassium
Grams of potassium are plotted versus total body weight.
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