bone seeker
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See also: boneseeker and bone-seeker
Noun
bone seeker (plural bone seekers)
- Alternative form of boneseeker
- 1985, G. Schoeters, R. Van Den Heuvel, O. Vanderborght, “The Study of Damage to Bone Marrow Cells as a Biological Dosimeter after Contamination with Osteotropic α Emitters”, in Nicholas D. Priest, editor, Metals in Bone: Proceedings of a EULEP Symposium on the Deposition, Retention and Effects of Radioactive and Stable Metals in Bone and Bone Marrow Tissues, October 11th–13th 1984, Angers, France, Lancaster, Hingham, Mass.: MTP Press for the Commission for the European Communities, , →ISBN, page 59:
- These studies demonstrated that beside radionuclide retention anatomical and physiological factors affect the induction of radiation damage from incorporating α-emitting bone seekers to bone marrow.
- 1987, Geoffrey G. Eichholz, “Human Exposure”, in C. Richard Cothern, James E. Smith, Jr., editors, Environmental Radon (Environmental Science Research; 35), New York, N.Y., London: Plenum Press, →ISBN, section 5.1.2. (Uptake of Radon Progeny), page 132:
- Lead is a bone seeker; it is found in bone mineral with a 70% higher level in cancellous bone than in compact bone.
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