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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Phys. 2010 Aug;99(2):233–251. doi: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181b186ff

Table 9.

Summary of selected f1 (adult values) for key fallout radionuclides for various intake categories used in internal dose assessments for the Marshallese populations.

Nuclide Acute intakes Chronic intakes

Local fallout Regional fallout All locations
Iodine (I) 1.0 1.0 1.0
Tellurium (Te) 0.2 0.2 0.3
Cesium (Cs), Rubidium (Rb) 0.4 0.8 0.8
Strontium (Sr) 0.05 0.2 0.3
Barium (Ba) 0.05 0.1 0.2
Plutonium (Pu), Neptunium (Np), Americium (Am), Cerium (Ce), Yttrium (Y), Lanthanum (L), Praseodymium (Pr) 1 × 10-5 1 × 10-4 5 × 10-4
Uranium (U) 2 × 10-3 2 × 10-2 2 × 10-2
Iron (Fe) 0.1 0.1 0.1
Cobalt (Co) 0.05 0.1 0.1
Zinc (Zn) 0.35 0.35 0.35
Zirconium (Zr) 2 × 10-3 2 × 10-3 1 × 10-2
Ruthenium (Ru) 1 × 10-3 1 × 10-2 1 × 10-2
Molybdenum (Mo) 0.2 0.2 0.5
Bismuth (Bi) 0.05 0.05 0.05

Recommendations for f1 values for other exposure conditions are presented in the text and in Tables 5-8.