Published March 15, 2019
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Journal article
Is human hair a proper 210Po and 210Pb monitor of their increased activity in the human body?
- 1. University of Gdańsk, Environmental Chemistry and Radiochemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry (Poland)
Description
The study focused on 210Po and 210Pb activity concentrations determination in human hair as well as investigation its utility as an easy and safe indicator of metal elicitation for natural 210Po and 210Pb, and finding differences in their concentrations in hair considering the age, gender, hair color or diet of people who donated the samples. Statistically analyzed results showed significant differences within age, hair color, and cigarette smoking groups. Our results showed that human hair could not be unambiguously used as 210Po and 210Pb body burden indicators.
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
- Journal Volume
- 319
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 953-963
- ISSN
- 0236-5731
- CODEN
- JRNCDM
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Hungary
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 54121787
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- BODY BURDEN; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GAS UTILITIES; HAIR; HUMANS; INDICATORS; LEAD 210; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; POLONIUM 210; TOBACCO PRODUCTS
- Descriptors DEC
- ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LEAD ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ORGANS; POLONIUM ISOTOPES; PRIMATES; PUBLIC UTILITIES; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SKIN; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2018 The Author(s)