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Natural U Concentrations in Soft Tissues and Bone of New York City Residents
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1986
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AnatomyOrthopaedic SurgeryOsteoporosisBone DiseaseGross AnatomyBody CompositionBioarchaeologyEnvironmental HealthAge DependencySoft TissuesHealth SciencesBone HealthSkeletal BiologyNatural U ConcentrationsBone ConcentrationBone DensityBone MetabolismAxial SkeletonU ConcentrationPhysiologyMedicineSkeletal Imaging
Specimens of lung, liver, kidney and vertebrae from New York City autopsy cases were measured for naturally occurring U. An age dependency in U concentration was found in lung and vertebrae. The bone concentration was found to be a factor of 10 lower than previously reported for this tissue, thus the skeletal burden of U is estimated to be factor of 10 lower than that suggested in ICRP Publication 23.