Biokinetics of Pu and Am after inhalation of industrial (U, Pu)O2 and PuO2 in the rat: Preliminary results

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 79, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 53-56

  Ramounet, B ^a   Verry, M ^a   Grillon, G ^a   Rateau, G ^a   Matton, S ^a   Fritsch, P ^a  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE PU 239; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; INHALATION; KIDNEY; KINETICS; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG DEPOSIT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RADIATION; POWDER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SKELETON;

EID: 0031686808     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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