TY  - JOUR
T1  - MEdical news
Y1  - 1959/05/02
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1959.03010010077015
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 75
EP  - 87
VL  - 170
IS  - 1
N2  - ALASKA 
    Rise in Radioactivity.— 
    During the first six weeks of 1959 air sampling stations at Juneau, Anchorage, and Fairbanks all measured radioactivity, which rose to about 10 micromicrocuries per cubic meter of air according to reports received by March 1 at the Alaska Department of Health radiological office in Juneau. When the first monitoring station of Alaska's radiation surveillance network went into operation at Juneau in May, 1956, the background radioactivity was measured at 0.15 to 0.25 micromicrocurie per cubic meter of air. The highs recorded in Juneau between Jan. 1 and Feb. 17, were 11.4 on Jan. 5, 5.9 on Jan. 26, and 9.3 on Feb. 9. In Anchorage the reading on Jan. 16 was 7.6, after which it went up to 8.7 on Jan. 23 and 9.2 on Jan. 26. In Fairbanks the highest reading for the period was 10.5 on Jan. 26. The readings are the USPHS
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1959.03010010077015
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03010010077015
ER  -