Kathren R L, McInroy J F, Swint M J
Health Phys. 1987 Feb;52(2):179-92. doi: 10.1097/00004032-198702000-00006.
Radiochemical analysis of two half skeletons donated to the United States Transuranium Registry from individuals with occupationally incurred depositions, one of 241Am and the other of 239Pu, revealed an inverse proportionality between the concentration of actinide in the bone ash and the fraction of ash (or the calcium content of the ash). A similar relationship was observed in a third case suffering from osteoporosis, but the slope was shallower. These results suggest that accurate estimates of the total skeletal content of actinide can be made from radiochemical analysis of only a few bone samples.
对两名因职业接触而体内有放射性沉积物的捐赠给美国超铀元素登记处的半具骨骼进行放射化学分析，其中一具含有镅-241，另一具含有钚-239，结果显示骨灰中锕系元素的浓度与骨灰的比例（或骨灰中的钙含量）成反比。在第三例骨质疏松症患者中也观察到了类似的关系，但斜率较平缓。这些结果表明，仅通过对少量骨样本进行放射化学分析，就可以准确估算出骨骼中锕系元素的总量。
