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THE average time that an atom of phosphorus spends in the body of a rat which has been fed with sodium phosphate is about two months. This is the conclusion to which O. Chiewitz and Prof. G. Hevesy have come by feeding rats with small quantities of sodium phosphate containing radioactive phosphorus as indicator, and analysing the excreta of the animals and their organs after death. The authors further believe that the formation of the bones is a dynamic process, involving continuous loss and replacement.
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Points from Foregoing Letters. Nature 136, 761 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136761b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136761b0