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Comparison of the α-activity in the blood of smokers and non-smokers

✍ Scribed by Denis L. Henshaw; Karen J. Heyward; Jeremy P. Thomas; A.Peter Fews

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1984
Tongue
English
Weight
206 KB
Volume
8
Category
Article
ISSN
0735-245X

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✦ Synopsis

A pilot experiment has been performed to determine the feasibility of routine monitoring of a-radionuclides in the bloodstream by immersion of CR-39 in fresh blood with deep freezing at -20°C. Blood samples were collected from 61 volunteers, 50 from the Bristol area and 11 from Sciacca. 30 subjects were smokers and 31 non-smokers.

Relative activity values for 210po and 222Rn and short lived daughter nuclei were obtained for the Bristol samples. These show a level of 210po twice as high in smokers compered with non-smokers. The results are of intrinsic interest and show that CR-39 may be ~sed in similar applications such as the monitoring of plutonium in the bloodstream in man.

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