Thorium concentration in human tissues from two U.S. populations

• Published in: Health physics (1958) Vol. 44 Suppl 1; p. 213
• Main Authors: Ibrahim, S A, Wrenn, M E, Singh, N P, Cohen, N, Saccomano, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 1983
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bone and Bones - analysis; Child; Child, Preschool; Colorado; District of Columbia; Humans; Infant; Kidney - analysis; Liver - analysis; Lung - analysis; Lymph Nodes - analysis; Middle Aged; Radiochemistry; Soil Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis; Thorium - analysis; Tissue Distribution; District of Columbia; Colorado

The concentrations of natural alpha-emitting isotopes of thorium (228Th, 230Th and 232Th) have been determined in 22 sets of human tissue samples obtained at autopsy from Grand Junction, CO and in 10 sets from Washington, DC. Tissues included lung, pulmonary lymph nodes, liver, kidney, bone, a few g...