Whole Body Counting Results From 1974 to 1979 for Bikini Island Residents
- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Health Physics
- Vol. 39 (3) , 395-407
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-198009000-00002
Abstract
Three body burden measurements of the Bikini Island population were conducted from 1974 to 1978 at Bikini Island. During this time, the mean 137Cs body burden of the adult Bikini population increased by a factor of 20. This dramatic elevation of the body burden appears to be solely attributable to increased availability of locally grown food products, specifically coconuts and coconut plant products. In January 1979, 45% of the individuals that were whole body counted in April 1978 were recounted approx. 145 days after the Bikini Island population departed from Bikini Atoll. These results show that the adult population 137Cs body burden decreased by a factor of 2.9 between the April 1978 and January 1979 in vivo measurements.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: