Deposition of 214Pb and nuclear aberrations in the respiratory tract of rats after exposure to radon progeny under different aerosol conditions

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Morlier, J P ^a   Bisson, M ^a   Fritsch, P ^a   Morin, M ^a   Monchaux, G ^a   Janot, M ^b   Pineau, J F ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^b ALGADE COGEMA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

AEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADON;

ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES; NUCLEAR ABERRATIONS; RADON PROGENY; RESPIRATORY TRACT;

LEAD;

EID: 0030365802     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00203-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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