Published February 1978 | Version v1
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Cross-placental transfer of plutonium-239 in gravid baboons

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The crossplacental transfer of intravenously injected 239Pu citrate and its distribution in the fetoplacental unit and the dam were studied in the baboon. Although there was marked variability because of the small numbers of animals used for each gestational age, the data are generally similar to those obtained in comparable experiments with rats

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Imprint Title
Pacific Northwest Laboratory annual report for 1977 to the DOE Assistant Secretary for Environment. Part 1. Biomedical sciences
Journal Page Range
p. 3.87-3.88.
Report number
PNL--2500(Pt.1)

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United States
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United States
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9408003
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
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Progress Report
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ADULTS; APES; CITRATES; DIFFUSION; DISTRIBUTION; FETAL MEMBRANES; INTRAVENOUS INJECTION; MEMBRANES; PLACENTA; PLUTONIUM 239; PREGNANCY; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; TISSUES
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ANIMALS; BODY; CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; INJECTION; INTAKE; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; MAMMALS; NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; PRIMATES; RADIOISOTOPES; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES