Relative effectiveness of {sup 239}Pu and some other internal emitters for bone cancer induction in beagles
- Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
The toxicity ratio (relative effectiveness per gray of average skeletal dose) has been estimated for bone cancer induction in beagles injected as young adults with a number of bone-seeking internal emitters. These experiments yielded calculated toxicity ratios ({+-} SD) relative to {sup 226}Ra = 1.0 of {sup 239}Pu = 16 {+-} 5 (single exposure to monomeric Pu) and 32 {+-} 10 (continuous exposure from an extraskeletal deposit in the body), {sup 224}Ra = 16 {+-} 5 (chronic exposure) and approximately 6 {+-} 2 (single exposure), {sup 228}Th = 8.5 {+-} 2.3, {sup 241}Am = 6 {+-} 0.8, {sup 228}Ra = 2.0 {+-} 0.5, {sup 249}Cf = 6 {+-} 3, {sup 252}Cf = 4 {+-}2, {sup 90}Sr = 1.0 {+-} 0.5 (for high doses) and 0.05 {+-} 0.03 (for low doses) and 0.01 {+-} 0.01 (for extremely low doses). Because no skeletal malignancies were observed among beagles given only {sup 253}Es, the toxicity ratio is undefined. 43 refs., 2 tabs.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76EV01013
- OSTI ID:
- 55319
- Journal Information:
- Health Physics, Vol. 67, Issue 4; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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