Microdistribution of 239Pu in the beagle skeleton

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-258

  Polig, E ^a   Bruenger, F W ^b   Lloyd, R D ^b   Milled, S C ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

239Pu; Dogs; Injection; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; DOG; HUMERUS; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SKELETON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS; TRABECULAR BONE; ULNA; VERTEBRA; ANIMAL; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BONE AND BONES; DOGS; HUMERUS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLUTONIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULNA;

EID: 0031595168     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199809000-00003     Document Type: Article

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