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HASL Diet Studies:
Fourth Quarter 1969
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by J. Rivera,
(HASL;
Results of the measurements of the sr? content of foods purchased in New York City and San Francisco in the fourth quarter of 1
are given in the following table.
Estimates of the daily intake of
based on these measurements and on the revised consumption statistic.
given in a recently available U. S. Department of Agriculture Report
are also listed.
The estimates of daily Sr?9 intake are a continuation of the HAS‘
Tri~City diet studies which were started in March of 1960.
Results c
the earlier measurements along with those made during 1969 are shown
graphically in the figure on page II-6.
A complete descripticn of th
sampling methods and philosophy of the HASL diet studies was given in
HAST-200 63) ,
REFERENCES
(1)
(2)
Food Consumption of Households in the United States - Spring 1964
A Preliminary Report, U.S.D.A. ARS 62-16, August 1967
Rivera, J. and Harley, J. H.
HASL Contributions to the Study of Fallout in Food Chains
USAEC Report HASL-147, July (1964)
(3) USAEC Report HASL-200, October
(1968), p. II-6
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