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Human metabolism of radiocaesium revisited

Rääf, Christopher LU orcid ; Falk, R ; Thornberg, Charlotte LU ; Zakaria, Mohamad LU and Mattsson, Sören LU (2004) In Radiation Protection Dosimetry 112(3). p.395-404
Abstract
Three adult volunteers (2 males and I female) have ingested radioactive caesium in two edible forms in order to compare the gastrointestinal uptake and the subsequent short-term and long-term biokinetics. Foodstuffs made of fresh-water fish or mushrooms from regions in Sweden of high Cs-137 deposition was ingested together with a (CsCl)-Cs-134-solution mixed with soft drinks. Whole-body countings of Cs-134 and Cs-137 were performed in the Malmo whole-body counter during a period of similar to50 d prior to, and 200-300 d after the ingestion. Urine and faeces were collected the day before and up to 7-10 d after the test meals, and analysed for Cs-134 and Cs-137. No significant difference in the gastrointestinal uptake fraction, f(0) = 0.98... (More)
Three adult volunteers (2 males and I female) have ingested radioactive caesium in two edible forms in order to compare the gastrointestinal uptake and the subsequent short-term and long-term biokinetics. Foodstuffs made of fresh-water fish or mushrooms from regions in Sweden of high Cs-137 deposition was ingested together with a (CsCl)-Cs-134-solution mixed with soft drinks. Whole-body countings of Cs-134 and Cs-137 were performed in the Malmo whole-body counter during a period of similar to50 d prior to, and 200-300 d after the ingestion. Urine and faeces were collected the day before and up to 7-10 d after the test meals, and analysed for Cs-134 and Cs-137. No significant difference in the gastrointestinal uptake fraction, f(0) = 0.98 between caesium incorporated into a foodstuff matrix and caesium in ionic form was detected. Cumulated faecal excretion during 7 d after ingestion accounted for 2-3% of the intake. No significant difference in the long-term biological half-time was found between caesium present in a food matrix and in an aqueous solution in any of the volunteers. (Less)
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10.1093/rpd/nch408
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  author       = {{Rääf, Christopher and Falk, R and Thornberg, Charlotte and Zakaria, Mohamad and Mattsson, Sören}},
  issn         = {{1742-3406}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{395--404}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Radiation Protection Dosimetry}},
  title        = {{Human metabolism of radiocaesium revisited}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/nch408}},
  doi          = {{10.1093/rpd/nch408}},
  volume       = {{112}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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