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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) 
 
  SERIES TITLE      Project Administration Records: Subject Files 
                    for Inhalation Study   Using 
                    5-Micron-Diameter Niobium-92m 
 
  INCLUSIVE DATES   1979 1982 
 
  ARRANGEMENT  Alphabetical by subject name 
 
  VOLUME  approximately 0.5 cubic foot 
 
  DESCRIPTION  This series contains files for human subjects who 
               participated in a study by the Whole  Body Counter 
               staff. The phantom validation study involved eight 
               male subjects, five  British and three American, 
               who inhaled 5-micron-diameter niobium-92m. The 
               study  was initiated by the United Kingdom to 
               evaluate the Humanoid phantom as a calibration  
               tool for measuring plutonium in the lungs and was 
               approved by review boards in the  U.K. and U.S. 
               After inhalation, subjects visited several 
               laboratories for "counting." Records for 
               individual subjects are maintained in notebooks. 
               Typical record types in the  series include forms, 
               raw data, photos, and lung clearance graphs. This 
               series is interfiled with Project Administration 
               records and records of the other two validation 
               studies. 
 
  RESTRICTIONS  This series contains privacy material.  
 
  LOCATION OF RECORDS      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory  
                         Building 253, Room 1719  Berkeley, CA 
                         94720 
 
(Raw data is on magnetic tape; calibration records are stored in 
the Control Room.)