Publications
prediction of 90sr body burdens and radiation dose in anaktuvuk pass alaska eskimos due to fallout. | strontium-90 concentrations in skeletons of eskimo residents of anaktuvuk pass. alaska during 1954-79 were predicted from two models based on (1) sr kinetics in human bond and (2) estimated annual 90sr ingestion rates via caribou meat. predicted skeletal burdens of adult eskimos gradually increased through 1961 and then rapidly achieved maximal values during 1964-66, reflecting fallout 90sr levels in caribou meat which contributed 80-97% of dietary 90sr intake. concentrations of 90sr in male esk ... | 1982 | 6129202 |
new ruminant hosts and wider geographic range identified for babesia odocoilei (emerson and wright 1970). | babesia odocoilei was found to infect two previously unknown host species, desert bighorn sheep (ovis canadensis nelsoni) and musk oxen (ovibos moschatus), both of which are members of the family bovidae. previously, b. odocoilei has been reported in only cervidae hosts. new geographic regions where b. odocoilei infections have not been reported previously include pennsylvania and new york, where fatal babesiosis has occurred in reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus); new hampshire, where elk (ce ... | 2005 | 16456156 |