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Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Ultra-low Levels of Plutonium in Urine, Including That Excreted after the Ingestion of Irish Sea Sediments

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1999

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Priest, N
Merlo Pich, G
Fifield, L Keith
Cresswell, Richard

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Academic Press

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Currently, most methods for the quantitative assessment of 239Pu have minimum detection levels (25 μBq for α-particle spectrometry) that are much higher than the levels of this isotope in many human bioassay and environmental samples. Accordingly, a pri

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Keywords: plutonium; alpha radiation; analytic method; article; bioavailability; human; human cell; ingestion; mass spectrometry; occupational exposure; priority journal; radiation absorption; radiation detection; radiation dose fractionation; ultraviolet radiation

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/93457

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ANU Research Publications

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Radiation Research

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Journal article

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