Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Alpha-Radioactivity of Human Blood

Nature volume 210, pages 591–593 (1966)Cite this article

Access through your institution
Buy or subscribe

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Access through your institution

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Turner, R. C., Radley, J. M., and Mayneord, W. V., Brit. J. Radiol., 31, 397 (1958)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Hill, C. R., Nucl. Instrum. and Meth., 12, 299 (1961).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Mayneord, W. V., Radley, J. M., and Turner, R. C., The Advancement of Science, 363 (1960).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Hill, C. R., Health Phys., 8, 17 (1962).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Hill, C. R., and Osborne, R. V., in The Natural Radiation Environment (University of Chicago Press, 1965).

    Google Scholar 

  6. Osborne, R. V., Nature, 199, 295 (1963).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Holtzman, R. B., Health Phys., 9, 385 (1963).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Stahlhofen, W., in Assessment of Radioactivity in Man, 2, 505 (International Atomic Energy Authority, Vienna, 1964).

    Google Scholar 

  9. Muth, H., Shraub, A., Aurand, K., and Hantke, H. J., Brit. J. Radiol., Suppl. 7, 54 (1957).

  10. Muth, H., Rajewsky, B., Hantke, H. J., and Aurand, K., Health Phys., 2, 239 (1960).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Hursh, J. B., and Lovaas, A., Nature, 198, 265 (1963).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Turner, R. C., Radley, J. M., and Mayneord, W. V., Nature, 181, 518 (1958).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Gofman, J. W., Adv. Biol. and Med. Phys., 8, 1 (1962).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Hoffman, J., Biochem. Z., 315, 26 (1943).

    Google Scholar 

  15. Lucas, H. F., Holtzmann, R. B., and Dahlin, D. C., Argonne Nat. Lab. Rep., ANL-6769 (1963).

  16. Aub, J. C., Evans, R. D., Gallagher, D. M., and Tibbetts, D. M., Ann Internal Med., 11, 1, 443 (1938).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Parr, P. M., Argonne Nat. Lab. Rep., ANL-6398 (1964).

  18. Cherry, R. D., Nature, 203, 139 (1964).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. Flosdorf, E. W., and Tease, S. C., Vacuum, 6, 89 (1956).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Finney, G. D., and Evans, R. D., Physical Rev., 48, 503 (1935).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Cherry, R. D., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 27, 183 (1963).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Cherry, R. D., in The Natural Radiation Environment (University of Chicago Press, 1965).

    Google Scholar 

  23. McDaniel, E. W., Schaifer, H. J., and Colehour, J. K., Rev. Sci. Instrum., 27, 864 (1956).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. Middleton, G., and Stuckey, R. E., Analyst, 78, 532 (1953).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, C.P., South Africa

    V. HASSON &  R. D. CHERRY

Authors
  1. V. HASSON
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  2. R. D. CHERRY
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

HASSON, V., CHERRY, R. Alpha-Radioactivity of Human Blood. Nature 210, 591–593 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210591a0

Download citation

  • Issue date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/210591a0

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing