Effects of low doses of americium 241 on animals

Journal Article · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1979 · Radiobiology (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5536577

Rudnitskaya, E I; Moskalev, Yu I

The long term effects of low doses of americium 241 on dogs and rats were investigated. Americium chloride was administered intravenously to dogs and intraperitoneally to rats in varying doses. The biological radiation effects were determined at autopsy. Survival times were reported.

• OSTI ID: 5536577
• Journal Information: Radiobiology (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 19:2; Other Information: Translated from Radiobiologiya; 19: No. 2, 310-316(1979)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AMERICIUM 241
CARCINOGENESIS
RADIOINDUCTION
HEPATOMAS
KIDNEYS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
LEUKEMIA
LIVER
LUNGS
MAMMARY GLANDS
NEOPLASMS
OSTEOSARCOMAS
SKELETON
SURVIVAL TIME
UTERUS
AMERICIUM CHLORIDES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DOGS
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
INTRAPERITONEAL INJECTION
INTRAVENOUS INJECTION
LOW DOSE IRRADIATION
RATS
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM COMPOUNDS
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BODY
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
FEMALE GENITALS
GLANDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HEMIC DISEASES
INJECTION
INTAKE
IRRADIATION
ISOTOPES
MAMMALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATHOGENESIS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIOISOTOPES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RODENTS
SARCOMAS
SKELETAL DISEASES
TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
VERTEBRATES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
560162* - Radionuclide Effects
Kinetics
& Toxicology- Animals
Plants
Microorganisms
& Cells