Published November 1981
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Journal article
Distribution of inhaled 238PuO2 particles in Syrian hamster lungs
Creators
- 1. Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Inst., Albuquerque, NM
Description
Syrian hamsters were exposed by inhalation to a monodisperse aerosol of 238PuO2, and the distribution of particles in their lungs was studied as a function of time after exposure. The particles deposited preferentially in the central regions of the lung, moved toward the periphery, and were cleared from all regions, except regions receiving high levels of damage, with about equal efficiency. The local distribution of particles in lung was less uniform with increasing time and lung burden of plutonium
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radiat. Res.
- Journal Volume
- 88
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Radiat. Res.
- Journal Page Range
- 299-312
- ISSN
- 0033-7587
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 13668584
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Bibliography
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DISTRIBUTION; HAMSTERS; INHALATION; LUNGS; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; PLUTONIUM 238; RADIATION INJURIES; TIME DEPENDENCE; TISSUES; TOXICITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BODY; CHALCOGENIDES; DISEASES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; INJURIES; INTAKE; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; NUCLEI; ORGANS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RODENTS; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES