Dose responses from inhaled monodisperse aerosols of 244Cm2O3 in the lung, liver and skeleton of F344 rats and comparison with 239PuO2

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 598-612

  Lundgren, D L ^a   Hahn, F F ^a   Carlton, W W ^b   Griffith, W C ^a,c   Guilmette, R A ^a   Gillett, N A ^a,d  

^a Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURIUM; PLUTONIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE CANCER; CANCER RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG BURDEN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031008038     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579627     Document Type: Article

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