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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.Entities:
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Year: 1966 PMID: 5918712 DOI: 10.1126/science.153.3741.1259
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728