AbstractsBiology & Animal Science
Studies on the intestinal absorption of radioactive strontium.
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of Experimental Surgery. |
| Degree: | PhD |
| Year: | 1965 |
| Keywords: | Experimental Surgery. |
| Record ID: | 1573526 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118217.pdf |
Abstract
Strontium originating from nuclear detonations has now been disseminated throughout the globe and measurable quantities of this radionuclide are present in practically all surface soil, food and human bone. The biological chain of radiostrontium has been extensively investigated in the last two decades. These have shown that strontium is similar but not identical with calcium in its metabolic behaviour in mammals. [...]
