The Daily Intake of 234,235,238U, 228,230,232Th and 226,228Ra by New York City Residents
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Health Physics
- Vol. 53 (4) , 357-363
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-198710000-00002
Abstract
The daily intake of long-lived alpha-emitting members of the U, Th and Ac series by New York City residents has been estimated from measurements of diet, water and air samples. The total daily intakes from inhalation, food and water consumption in mBq are 18 (234U), 0.7 (235U), 16 (238U), 6 (230Th), 4 (232Th) and 52 (226Ra). From this, we infer that the total daily intakes of 228Th and 228Ra are 4 and 35 mBq, respectively.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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