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MILK and milk products are the main source of calcium (85 per cent of the total) in the average Finnish diet. As they are also important links in the transfer of radionuclides from atmospheric fall-out to the human body, we have started an investigation to determine the contents of some important radio nuclides in Finnish milk. Results of determinations of strontium-90 and cæsium-137 for the year 1959 are reported here.
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MIETTINEN, J., PAAKKOLA, O., NÄSÄNEN, R. et al. Strontium-90 and Cæsium-137 in Grass and Milk in Finland during 1959. Nature 189, 324–325 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189324b0
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