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Argonne National Laboratory
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Argonne National Laboratory SERIES TITLE Health Effects of Exposure to Internally Deposited Radioactivity INCLUSIVE DATES ca. 1915 ca. 1993 ARRANGEMENT Subject VOLUME approximately 1,500 cubic feet DESCRIPTION These records were created, identified, or collected by the staff of the Center for Human Radiobiology. They document efforts to locate persons with prior occupational, iatrogenic or experimental exposures to internally deposited radioactivity; the results of those efforts; and the results of dosimetric, medical, and epidemiological follow-up of the subjects over a period of years following first contact. The follow-up studies were focused primarily on radium, but included exposures to other radio elements and radioactive substances that emitted alpha particles. Among these were thorium, plutonium, americium, and thorotrast. This series is broken down into sub-series according to the type of radioactivity involved or to distinguish the follow-up of a clearly defined experimental exposure from the follow-up of other radium exposure. The subseries are: Austin Brues; Occupational and Iatrogenic Exposure to Radium; Elgin State Hospital Follow-up of Experimental Exposure to Radium; Occupational Exposure to Thorium; and Other Radioelements and Circumstances of Exposure. RESTRICTIONS This series contains privacy material. LOCATION OF RECORDS Argonne National Laboratory Environmental Research Division Building 202, Room A354 Argonne, IL 60439 |