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To evaluate the inhaled fall-out activity in a man-sized mammal, lungs were analysed from Utah deer (Odocoileus h. hemionus) (Raf.). These wild deer were killed by rifle shots through the head to prevent contaminating the lungs with fall-out from the digestive tract or from the fur. Comparison of teeth with those from deer of known age indicated an average life-span of about 2–3 years. Lungs were cleanly dissected, sealed in plastic bags to prevent contamination, and weighed.
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PENDLETON, R., MAYS, C., LLOYD, R. et al. Fall-out Plutonium-239 and Zirconium-95 in the Lungs of Deer. Nature 202, 715–716 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202715a0
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