Lead-210 and polonium-210 in tissues of cigarette smokers.
Concentrations of lead-210 and polonium-210 in rib bones taken from 13 cigarette smokers were about twice those in six nonsmokers, the polonium-210 being close to radioactive equilibrium with the lead-210. In alveolar lung tissue the concentration of lead-210 in smokers was about twice that in nonsmokers. These differences are attributed to additional intake by inhalation of lead-210.
D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis*; D008168:Lung / Q000032:analysis* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011059:Polonium / Q000032:analysis*; D011830:Radiation Effects; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D012272:Ribs / Q000032:analysis* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D012907:Smoking
D011868:Radioisotopes; D007854:Lead; D011059:Polonium