Published January 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Tritium level in Japanese diet and human tissue

  • 1. Akita Univ. School of Medicine (Japan). Dept. of Public Health
  • 2. Akita Prefectural Inst. of Public Health (Japan)
  • 3. National Inst. of Radiological Sciences, Chiba (Japan)
  • 4. Kanazawa Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Science
  • 5. Hyogo-Ken Cancer Center (Japan)

Description

Tritium concentrations are reported for diet and human tissue samples collected in the Akita district of northern Japan. Sixteen separate food group samples and a total diet sample were collected for Akita City during April and May 1987. Six samples of heart and nine samples of kidney tissue were collected from 10 deceased individuals in Akita Prefecture from January to July 1986. Five serum and four blood samples were also obtained in Akita Prefecture from December 1985 to June 1986. Free water 3H concentration as well as tissue-bound 3H were determined separately. Specific activity ratios of tissue-bound 3H to free water 3H in the samples were almost between 1.0 and 2.0 and were similar to our previous results for food samples and other tissue samples. The specific activity ratio was also found to be lower than that reported in the U.S.A. and significantly lower than in Europe. (author) 41 refs.; 6 tabs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Journal Volume
156
Journal Issue
1
Series
J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. ;Articles.
Journal Page Range
89-102
ISSN
0236-5731
CODEN
JRNCD

Conference

Title
Low-level measurements of actinides and long-lived radionuclides in biological and environmental samples.
Dates
29 Jan - 2 Feb 1990.
Place
Bombay (India).