INTERNAL D'Sk EQUIVALENTS

Disi itegrations occurring in the total body of an individual during residence following repatriation were determined by several methods.

Equation 3, to-

gether witit personal body burden histories and atoll-specific dietary rate constants from table 3, provided an initial estimate of disintegrations between consecutive body burden measurements.

The second method used was a log-log plot of

the subject's body burden history and an algebraic determination of area between
two consecutive measured points.
subject's body burden history.

The third method used a linear plot of the
The area under the curve was cut and weighed and

compared to a standard weight of known area.

Quality control procedures

required that all three methods agree within +10% before a subject was assigned
his or her total body disintegrations during residence post return.

In general,

the methods compared to within +t52Z.
After the total number of disintegrations occurring in a subjects body
were assigned, they were apportioned among the body organs according to the following equation

1

z

E

Zep.
(*a.B. + In2/d)
Lbiiiii
]

where

F

= the fraction of total body disintegrations occurring in the organ of

B.

i

>

interest,
organ compartment deposition fraction for the element,

= organ compartment biological half time for the element,

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