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Fractional absorption of ingested barium in adult humans
1Health and Safety Research Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN 37831-6383.
Health Physics
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
A reanalysis of available data on gastrointestinal absorption of soluble barium indicates that absorption has been underestimated in most human studies. There appears to be little basis for assigning a substantially lower absorption fraction to soluble barium than to other alkaline earth elements, particularly radium, in radiation protection guidance.