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In May 1979, human milx samples were obtained from four lactating adult
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Marstailese famales, whose
Cs body burden had been defined Sv wholewbcdv
counting and analysis of urine samples.
The samples, ranging in velume frem 10
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ml to 30 ml, were analyzed by gamma spectroscopy and atomic absorption to detarmine che odresence of
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daily ingestion rate of
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Cs and potassium.
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Results were used to estimace the
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Concentration factors relating adult female
Cs body burdens
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Cs activity concentrations in human milk were determined.
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A range of
Cs body Surdens and dose ccommircments resulting from ingestion of numan milx
and/or coconut products (numan milk subsitutes) from 1 September 1977 to 3l
Auguse 1978 were calculated for a hypochecical infant residene on Bikini Atoll
during this final year residence interval of the former Bikini population.
Authors:
2.2. Miltenberger, £.T. Lessard, J. Steimers, and N.A. Greenhouse.
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