Comparative skeletal distribution of americium and plutonium in man, monkey and baboon
Conference
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OSTI ID:6496679
The skeletal distributions of americium and plutonium in four humans were compared with the skeletal distributions of these radioelements in baboons and monkeys. With respect to the skeletal distribution of these elements, excellent agreement was noted among the four human cases; americium data was available for all four cases and plutonium for three. The human case database was thus adequate for comparison with those of other primates. A statistically significant correlation was found between the /sup 241/Am and /sup 239/Pu + /sup 240/Pu skeletal distributions in the humans and those in non-human primates. Trabecular bone had the highest concentrations of /sup 241/Am and /sup 239 +240/Pu in man, baboon, and monkey. Scaling factors are proposed to convert the percentages of skeletal activity in animal bones to the corresponding percentages in the bones of the human skeleton. However, considerable variation was found between the humans and animals in the percentages of the skeletal activity found in the same bone. 12 refs., 7 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA); Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830; W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 6496679
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-14857; CONF-871066-3; ON: DE89004879
- 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.
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
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MAN
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MONKEYS
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NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
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PLUTONIUM 239
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SCALING
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YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Kinetics
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM 241
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
ANIMALS
BODY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
DOSES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FORECASTING
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
INTERNAL IRRADIATION
IRRADIATION
ISOTOPES
MAMMALS
MAN
MANAGEMENT
MONKEYS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM 240
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
PRIMATES
RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
SCALING
SKELETON
SPATIAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS
VERTEBRATES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES