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THE retention of radioactive substances by man is a subject of major importance in the field of atomic energy both from the point of view of deriving permissible exposure-levels and also for assessing potential hazards under accident conditions. Of the limited experimental investigations carried out on man, however, the greater proportion have involved oral or intravenous administration of the radioactive substance, notwithstanding that inhalation is the commonest accidental route of entry of most radioactive substances into the human body.
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MORGAN, D. An Apparatus for Studying the Retention of Inhaled Radioactive Vapours by Human Subjects. Nature 207, 1310–1311 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2071310a0
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