A study of radioactivity and health status of former thorium workers

Autor:	Henry F. Lucas, Andrew F. Stehney, A.M. Brues, B.C. Patten, Anthony P. Polednak, J. Rundo, R.E. Rowland
Rok vydání:	1979
Předmět:	Chronic exposure Medical surveillance education.field_of_study Chemistry Population Radiochemistry Thorium chemistry.chemical_element Oral cavity Biochemistry Preliminary report Environmental health education General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Environmental Research. 18:94-100
ISSN:	0013-9351
DOI:	10.1016/0013-9351(79)90142-7
Popis:	Studies have been started of the late effects of thorium on the health of a population of 4316 persons (80% males) who worked at a thorium refinery during the period from the mid-1930s to 1973. The population and the study are described briefly, as are the methods and results to date of measurements of radioactivity in vivo and in the exhaled breath. Of 46 men examined so far, all but three had readily measurable amounts of thoron in the breath, but there was little correlation between the amount of activity in the breath and the /sup 212/Bi content of the chest.
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