Published July 1999
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Journal article
Uranium and thorium in urine of United States residents: Reference range concentrations
Creators
- 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (United States)
Description
The authors measured uranium and thorium in urine of 500 US residents to establish reference range concentrations using a magnetic-sector inductively coupled argon plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS). They found uranium at detectable concentrations in 96.6% of the urine specimens and thorium in 39.6% of the specimens. The 95th percentile concentration for uranium was 34.5 ng/L (parts per trillion); concentrations ranged up to 4,080 ng/L. Thorium had a 95th percentile concentration of 3.09 ng/L; concentrations ranged up to 7.7 ng/L
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Environmental Research
- Journal Volume
- 81
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 45-51
- ISSN
- 0013-9351
- CODEN
- ENVRAL
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 30051832
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- MASS SPECTROMETERS; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; THORIUM; URANIUM; URINE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WASTES; BODY FLUIDS; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ELEMENTS; KINETICS; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; SPECTROMETERS; WASTES
Optional Information
- Funding organization
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)