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Main Title 129I in animal thyroids from Nevada and other western States /
Author Smith, D. D.
CORP Author Environmental Monitoring and Support Lab., Las Vegas, Nev.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory ; Available through the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA/600/3-77/067
Stock Number PB-271 637
Subjects Radioactive substances--Physiological effect--Nevada ; Radioisotopes in the body ; Iodine--Isotopes ; Radioactive substances--Nevada--Physiological effect
Additional Subjects Thyroid gland ; Site surveys ; Iodine isotopes ; Animals ; Cattle ; Wildlife ; Ecology ; Radioactive isotopes ; Tables(Data) ; Statistical analysis ; Baseline measurements ; Radioecology ; Iodine 129 ; Nevada test site ; Iodine 127 ; Rocky Flats(Colorado) ; Western Region(United States) ; Nuclear facilities
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NTIS  PB-271 637 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation v, 17 pages ; 29 cm.
Abstract
The data from over 80 thyroids collected during 1973, 1974, and 1975 from animals residing on the Nevada Test Site indicate that iodine-129 levels in these thyroids are near background levels. However, the median levels in the thyroids of animals living on the Nevada Test Site are slightly elevated from those found in northern Nevada, but are similar to those found near Denver, Colorado, and Rawlins, Wyoming. Statistical analyses of the iodine-129/iodine-127 ratios in cattle thyroids suggest that three populations were sampled. These populations are: (1) northern Nevada cattle which were considered as a baseline population, (2) corralled Nevada Test Site cattle with intermediate ratios, and (3) free-grazing cattle from Nevada Test Site and Rocky Flats, Colorado, which had the highest ratios reported.
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Prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory, Las Vegas, Nev. Includes bibliographical references (page 5). Microfiche.