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IT has been suggested that the radioactive content of deciduous teeth could be used as an index of the accumulation of various radionuclides in children1,2. Rosenthal et al. compared the concentrations of strontium-90 for teeth of children born in St. Louis between 1949 and 1957 with values obtained by Kulp et al.3 for bone. The concentration of strontium-90 in teeth was in accord with average bone values.
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SANTHOLZER, W., KNAIFL, J. Strontium-90 Content of Deciduous Human Teeth. Nature 212, 820 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212820a0
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