title: Plutonium,90Sr and241Am in human bones from southern and northeastern parts of Poland.
abstract: The paper presents the results of our study on238Pu,239Pu,240Pu,241Am and90Sr concentration in human bones carried out on a set of 88 individual samples of central Europe origin. Bone tissue samples were retrieved under surgery while introducing hip joint implants. The conducted surgeries tend to cover either southern or northeastern parts of Poland. While for the southern samples only global fallout was expected to be seen, a mixed global and Chernobyl fallout were to be reflected in the others. Alpha spectrometry was applied to obtain activity concentration for238Pu,239+240Pu,241Am, while liquid scintillation spectrometry for90Sr and mass spectrometry to receive240Pu/239Pu mass ratio. Surprisingly enough, and to the contrary to our expectations we could not see any significant differences in either Pu activity or Pu mass ratio between the studied populations. In both populations Chernobyl fraction proved marginal. The results on90Sr and241Am confirm similarities between the two examined groups.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Kamil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brudecki
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Jerzy W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Mietelski
authors.affiliation: Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anczkiewicz
authors.affiliation: 5th Military Clinical Hospital with Polyclinic, Kraków, Poland ; Faculty of Motor of the Bronislaw Czech University School of Physical Education, Kraków, Poland ; Faculty of Physical Therapy, Administration College, Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
authors.forename: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Golec
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tomankiewicz
authors.affiliation: General Hospital in Bielsk Podlaski, Bielsk Podlaski, Poland.
authors.forename: Konstanty
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuźma
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland ; Chair of Bromathology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zagrodzki
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Motor of the Bronislaw Czech University School of Physical Education, Kraków, Poland ; Faculty of Physical Therapy, Administration College, Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Golec
authors.affiliation: 5th Military Clinical Hospital with Polyclinic, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Motor of the Bronislaw Czech University School of Physical Education, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szczygieł
authors.affiliation: Hand Surgery Clinic, Chair of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Medical University Łódź, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dudkiewicz
keywords: Americium; Chernobyl; Human bones; Mass spectrometry; Plutonium; Pu isotopic ratios; Strontium