TABLE 4

Residence Times, in Hours, Used in Absorbed Dose Estimates

OrganData sourceWeighted mean
Hays and Segall (2)Mejia et al. (5)Jones et al. (8)Niven et al. (9)
Brain0.22 ± 0.090.18 ± 0.040.24 ± 0.040.22 (n = 33)
Heart0.13 ± 0.060.09 ± 0.020.12 (n = 18)
Bladder, 2 h0.09 ± 0.020.12 ± 0.050.20 ± 0.110.13 (n = 28)
Liver0.15 ± 0.050.11 ± 0.030.14 (n = 17)
Lungs0.07 ± 0.030.02 ± 0.00*0.06 (n = 19)
Kidneys0.03 ± 0.010.03 (n = 4)
Pancreas0.0060.006 (n = 3)
Spleen0.010.01 (n = 3)
Whole blood0.26 ± 0.070.26 (n = 13)
Whole body2.38 ± 0.122.38 (n = 13)
  • * SD < 0.005.

  • Data are mean ± SD for each study.