The inhalation of plutonium

Also shown in Fig. 5.10 are the means and one s.d. ranges (based on log-normal distributions) of Pu in autopsy samples of UK subjects dying in 1980-4 (Popplewell etal., 1985). The agreement with the calculated levels is good, especially if the retention half-life in the lung is taken as 

Little difference would be expected in the Pu burdens in the UK and USA since the air concentrations were similar. 

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