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This paper considers the likely variability between different members of the public in doses from ingestion of 239Pu. There is a review of the evidence on which the biokinetic parameters are based and an outline of the methodology used to calculate overall variability. It is concluded that the 95% confidence interval spans an order of magnitude with the most probable value of dose about a factor two below the upper 95th percentile. The gut uptake factor is the most important single parameter.

Original publication

DOI

10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a080619

Type

Journal article

Journal

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Publication Date

01/01/1990

Volume

30

Pages

197 - 201