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UNSCEAR-WHO BONE PROGRAM
John H. Harley
In the work of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the
ffects of Atomic Radiation,
the major effort in evaluating fallout
from weapons tests is directed towards estimating the dose commitment.
A major contributor to bone dose is strontium-90 but there have not
been adequate data for many regions in the world.
The Committee de-
cided that it would be useful to have even limited data for portions
of the world not otherwise covered.
It was agreed that some estimate
could be made based on a small number Of samples of adult bone and
they requested the World Health Organization to assist in procuring
samples.
Dr. E.
I.
Komorov of WHO has been coordinating this program.
ples for 1969 have been received from Senegal,
Venezuela.
Jamaica,
Sam-
Chile and
Negotiations are under way to obtain additional material
from other countries in Africa and from Asia.
The samples are being
analyzed by the Health and Safety Laboratory and the results are pre~
sented here as a tabulation of the available data.
Dr.
Eduardo Penna-Franca of Brazil has also supplied samples,
and they are included in the tabulation for comparison.
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