1.
Health Phys
; 62(6): 553-5, 1992 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1628987
ABSTRACT
Knowledge of the long-term effective half-life of 210Pb in man is essential for estimating the cumulative exposure to inhaled short-lived radon daughters from measured values of the 210Pb skeletal burden. For this purpose, the effective half-life has been obtained from sequential measurements of 210Pb made in vivo during a 10-y period and by bioassay of 210Pb excreted in the urine of an individual with a 43-y-old body burden. The long-term effective half-lives obtained by these two methods were 18.1 +/- 4.8 y and 15.8 +/- 0.8 y, respectively. These values are not very different from the estimate of 12.3 y previously adopted by the ICRP.
Subject(s)
Lead Radioisotopes/pharmacokinetics , Accidents, Occupational , Body Burden , Bone and Bones/chemistry , Half-Life , Humans , Lead Radioisotopes/urine , Male , Occupational Exposure
2.
Health Phys
; 51(6): 809-11, 1986 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3096912
Subject(s)
Models, Anatomic , Radioisotopes/analysis , Whole-Body Counting/instrumentation , Body Burden , Calibration , Gelatin , Humans
3.
Health Phys
; 44(6): 668-71, 1983 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6406391
4.
Radiat Res
; 83(1): 162-8, 1980 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7394162