Radioactivity Measurements in Alaskan Eskimos in 1963

During the summer of 1963 people at five villages above the Arctic Circle in Alaska were measured for accumulated radioactivity with a portable whole-body counter. Adults of the interior village of Anaktuvuk Pass showed the highest average body burden, 628 nanocuries of cesium-137. This is an increa...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Palmer, Harvey E., Hanson, Wayne C., Griffin, Bobby I., Fleming, Dale M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1964
Subjects:
Arctic
eskimo*
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.144.3620.859
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.144.3620.859
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Summary:During the summer of 1963 people at five villages above the Arctic Circle in Alaska were measured for accumulated radioactivity with a portable whole-body counter. Adults of the interior village of Anaktuvuk Pass showed the highest average body burden, 628 nanocuries of cesium-137. This is an increase of nearly 50 percent over the summer before. The maximum burden found was 1.24 microcuries.

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