Published March 1978
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The distribution of plutonium-239 and americium-241 in the Syrian hamster following its intravenous administration as citrate
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Actinide distribution in various tissues and the skeleton of hamsters by liquid scintillation counting or isotope dilution. For plutonium 57% of activity was concentrated in the skeleton and more than 90% in the liver and skeleton after seven days. For americium the liver retained more than 50% of total activity and 25% was excreted in urine within seven days. (U.K.)
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- ISBN
- 0 85951 081 6
- Imprint Title
- Annual research and development report 1977
- Journal Page Range
- p. 11-14.
- Report number
- NRPB/RandD--2
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- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 9417728
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AMERICIUM 241; BODY BURDEN; DISTRIBUTION; HAMSTERS; LIVER; PLUTONIUM 239; SKELETON; TISSUES; UPTAKE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; ANIMALS; BODY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; GLANDS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; RODENTS; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES