Abstract
We are investigating long- and short-term processes that involve the resorption of the bone calcium in the human body, using accelerator mass spectrometry of 41Ca (T 1 2 = 104000 years). The evolution of an injected dose of 41Ca has been followed over 900 days by measurements in urine and serum. The 41 Ca/Ca isotopic ratio rapidly decreased after injection and after about 100 days, reached a quasi-steady state of 1.5 × 10-11. Variations in this level would signal a change in rates of calcium resorption from the bone.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 483-488 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue number | 1-4 |
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| State | Published - 3 Jun 1994 |
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