title: Intercomparison exercise on the determination of plutonium in biological material.
abstract: This paper gives the results of an intercomparison exercise on the determination of plutonium-238 in urine. The urine, containing metabolised plutonium, was analysed by 6 laboratories in the United Kingdom and 5 in France. Three solutions were provided, a high and low level solution and a blank solution comprising the diluent urine. Several different methods were used by the various laboratories and the results showed good agreement between them.
authors: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Surrey, England.
authors: A E
authors: AE
authors: Lally
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D011005:Plutonium / Q000652:urine*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D011005:Plutonium