Published April 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Histopathology of lungs after incorporation of plutonium 238

  • 1. Institut Biofiziki, Moscow (USSR)

Description

In experiments with albino mongrel female rats a study was made of the response of the lungs to a single intratracheal injection of nitrate of 238Pu (0.4-740 kBq/kg). The nature of the inflammatory disease, the lymphoid tissue condition, pneumosclerosis occurence, and the frequency and spectrum of lung tumors were shown to be a function of dose of the radionuclide administered

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Russian)
Гистопатология легких при инкорпорации плутония-239

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiobiologiya
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
2
Series
Radiobiologiya.
Journal Page Range
202-206
ISSN
0033-8192
CODEN
RADOA