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Influence of Lactation on the Retention of a Single Dose of Strontium-90 in Rats

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IN previous investigations1–3, it was found that the retention of radiostrontium after the lactation period (21 days post partum) was 45 per cent lower than that of virgin control rats when the isotope was injected into the pregnant rats 3 days before delivery. It was not clear, however, how much of this loss was due to a decrease in uptake of strontium-90 into bone or to other processes restricted to the time immediately after uptake or to a process still ruling after this initial period.

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KOLLMER, W., KRIEGEL, H. Influence of Lactation on the Retention of a Single Dose of Strontium-90 in Rats. Nature 200, 187–188 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200187a0

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