Published September 1993 | Version v1
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Plutonium contamination in the environment. (Latest citations from the Life Sciences Collection database). Published Search

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Description

The bibliography contains citations concerning the ecological impact of plutonium contamination in the environment. Topics include contamination in freshwater and marine sediments, bioaccumulation, transport in the food chain, accumulation in the soil, methods of analysis, removal from contaminated soils, contamination from nuclear fallout and nuclear facilities, and the presence of plutonium in seaspray and in the atmosphere. Plutonium pharmacokinetics in humans, and effects of plutonium contamination on fetuses are also described. (Contains a minimum of 72 citations and includes a subject term index and title list.)

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Available from NTIS Prices: PC N01/MF N01.

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Imprint Pagination
[10 p.].
Report number
PB--93-892404/XAB

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
26000635
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Bibliography, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BIBLIOGRAPHIES; BIOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FALLOUT; FETUSES; FOOD CHAINS; MAN; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PHARMACOLOGY; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENTS; SOILS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; DOCUMENT TYPES; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ELEMENTS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MAMMALS; METALS; PRIMATES; RADIATION EFFECTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; VERTEBRATES

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Notes
Updated with each order. Supersedes PB--92-853613.