Body burdens of cesium-137 and potassium-40 in twenty-one members of the wintering party of the 16th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition 1975

In this study, body burdens of cesium-137 and potassium-40 were measured using a human counter with 21 members of the 16th wintering party. The purposes of these measurements were (1) to observe the radioactive pollution in Japan and Antarctica through the human body, and (2) to estimate the effect...

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Main Authors: Mitsumasa Miyashita, Yoriko Atomi, Keiko Ueda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1977-08-01
Series:Antarctic Record
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.15094/00007948