Estimation of 137Cs body burden in Japanese II. The biological half-life.

内山正史:放 射線医学総合研究所環境衛生研究部,千 葉市穴川4-9-1〒280 Caesium-137/Biological Half-Life/Japanese The biological half-life of 137Cs in the total body of human subjects was determined in 23 individuals of Japanese male adult in their normal works by measuring amount of 137Cs in both their total body and daily urine in the same period. For the group, the value was determined by averaging the half-lives for individuals, by comparing the mean body burden and the mean daily urinary excretion, or by applying a curve fitting method to the body burden estimate. The biological half-life averaged 86 days, ranging from 50 to 161 days. The averages of the biological half-lives for the group were 83, 87 and 82 days in the different periods of observa tion. By the curve fitting method, 85 days was found for the group. The biological half-life for the individuals depended on both body weight and age, to a lesser extent, of the subjects.