Published November 1979
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Journal article
The reactions of 1.0 nanometre diameter plutonium-238 dioxide particles with rat lung fluid
- 1. National Radiological Protection Board, Harwell (UK)
Description
The reactions of 1.0 nm particles of plutonium-238 dioxide with rat lung fluid were studied both in vivo and in vitro. In both cases two products were identified, (i) plutonium-labelled pulmonary surfactant and (ii) a heterogeneous plutonium-labelled material isolated by column chromatography. The formation of plutonium-labelled pulmonary surfactant resulted in the rapid translocation of plutonium from lungs to blood and in a high urinary excretion relative to administered plutonium citrate. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Int. J. Radiat. Biol. Relat. Stud. Phys., Chem. Med.
- Journal Volume
- 36
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Series
- Int. J. Radiat. Biol. Relat. Stud. Phys., Chem. Med.
- Journal Page Range
- 453-466
- ISSN
- 0020-7616
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 11510685
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- EXCRETION; IN VITRO; IN VIVO; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAVAGE; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNGS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE; PLUTONIUM 238; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; RATS; SURFACTANTS; URINE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WASTES; BODY; BODY FLUIDS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLEARANCE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; MAMMALS; NUCLEI; ORGANS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; RADIOISOTOPES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RODENTS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SIZE; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; VERTEBRATES; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES