Lead-210 and Polonium-210 in Tissues of Cigarette Smokers
- 9 September 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 153 (3741), 1259-1260
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.153.3741.1259
Abstract
Concentrations of lead-210 and polonium-210 in rib bones taken from 13 cigarette smokers were about twice those in six nonsmokers, the polonium-210 being close to radioactive equilibrium with the lead-210. In alveolar lung tissue the concentration of lead-210 in smokers was about twice that in nonsmokers. These differences are attributed to additional intake by inhalation of lead-210.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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