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G.N. Stradling, J.W. Stather, A. Price, N. Cooke, Limits on Intake and the Interpretation of Monitoring Data for Workers Exposed to Industrial Uranium Bearing Dusts, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Volume 26, Issue 1-4, 1 January 1989, Pages 83–87, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a080385
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Abstract
The metabolic behaviour of uranium in rats has been investigated after the inhalation of uranium ore concentrates. UO3, UF4 and UO2. Subsequently the fate of uranium in workers was assessed by combining the rates of translocation to blood found in animal experiments with mechanical clearance rates determined from human volunteers who had inhaled fused clay particles. Using the methodology, recommendations have been made for the limits on intake of the various uranium compounds studied and also on the value of chest monitoring and urinary excretion measurements for assessing intakes.