Re: Radioactive dose from smoking

[Hewing Peter DP4 <Peter.Hewing@off1.siemens.de>]

Another good reference is:

F. T. Cross
"Radioactivity in Cigarette Smoke Issue"
Health Physics Vol. 46, No. 1 (January), pp. 205-208, 1984

Kind regards

Peter Hewing
Siemens Power Generation
Karlstein, Germany
Phone +49 6188 780251
Fax +49 6188 780690
e-mail:Peter.Hewing@off1.siemens.de


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> Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 31. Januar 2001 19:13
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> Betreff: Re: Radioactive dose from smoking
> 
> 
> I have, over the years on various DOE projects, read 
> references to the fact 
> that smoking  results in an equivilent dose to the heart/lung 
> on the order 5 
> - 8 rem annually for a 2 pack a day smoker. Does anyone know what the 
> specific source of such exposures would be and from where 
> this information 
> might have been obtained?
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> David Lawrence
> Montclair NJ
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