Published March 1975 | Version v1
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Disposition of long-lived uranium chain alpha emitters following repeated inhalation exposures of beagle dogs to uranium ore and radon daughters

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Description

Thorium-230 was found to separate readily in vivo from parent uranium, following long-term inhalation of carnotite uranium ore by beagle dogs. Thorium-230 should be considered as an individual hazard in uranium mining and milling operations. (U.S.)

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Augmented title (English)
"2"3"0Th

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Pacific Northwest Laboratory annual report for 1974 to the ERDA Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research. Part I. Biomedical sciences
Imprint Pagination
121 p.
Report number
BNWL--1950(Pt.1)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
6209721
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Progress Report
Descriptors DEI
ALPHA SOURCES; BEAGLES; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; INHALATION; MILLING; MINES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADON; THORIUM 230; URANIUM; URANIUM ORES
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; DOGS; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTAKE; ION SOURCES; ISOTOPES; MACHINING; MAMMALS; METALS; NONMETALS; NUCLEI; ORES; PARTICLE SOURCES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE GASES; THORIUM ISOTOPES; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES