Cesium-137 in Alaskan Eskimos

During the summer of 1962, levels of radioactivity in over 700 people at four villages above the Arctic Circle in Alaska were measured with a transportable whole-body counter. The averages for body burden of cesium-137 were much higher than the average for people in the rest of the United States. Th...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Palmer, Harvey E., Hanson, Wayne C., Griffin, Bobby I., Roesch, William C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1963
Subjects:
Arctic
eskimo*
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.142.3588.64
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.142.3588.64
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Summary:During the summer of 1962, levels of radioactivity in over 700 people at four villages above the Arctic Circle in Alaska were measured with a transportable whole-body counter. The averages for body burden of cesium-137 were much higher than the average for people in the rest of the United States. The people of the interior village of Anaktuvuk Pass had the highest average burden of cesium-137, which was 421 nanocuries; the maximum burden was 790 nanocuries.

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