bone seeker

plural bone seekers

1. alternativeAlternative form of boneseeker.

   Lead is a bone seeker; it is found in bone mineral with a 70% higher level in cancellous bone than in compact bone.

   1987, Geoffrey G. Eichholz, “Human Exposure”, in C. Richard Cothern, James E. Smith, Jr., editors, Environmental Radon (Environmental Science Research; 35), New York, N.Y.; London: Plenum Press, →ISBN, section 5.1.2. (Uptake of Radon Progeny), page 132

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   These studies demonstrated that beside radionuclide retention anatomical and physiological factors affect the induction of radiation damage from incorporating α-emitting bone seekers to bone marrow.

   1985, G. Schoeters, R. Van Den Heuvel, O. Vanderborght, “The Study of Damage to Bone Marrow Cells as a Biological Dosimeter after Contamination with Osteotropic α Emitters”, in Nicholas D. Priest, editor, Metals in Bone: Proceedings of a EULEP Symposium on the Deposition, Retention and Effects of Radioactive and Stable Metals in Bone and Bone Marrow Tissues, October 11th–13th 1984, Angers, France, Lancaster; Hingham, Mass.: MTP Press for the Commission for the European Communities, →DOI, →ISBN, page 59