Comparative skeletal distribution of Am and Pu in man, monkey, and baboon

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Health Physics; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-198907001-00009· OSTI ID:7167341

Lynch, T P; Kathren, R L; Dagle, G E; McInroy, J F ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA (USA)

The skeletal distribution of Am and Pu in four human cases was compared with the skeletal distributions of these radioelements in baboons and monkeys. Excellent agreement was noted among the four human cases; data were available for Am in all four and Pu in three. 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 nonhuman primates. Trabecular bone had the highest concentrations of {sup 241}Am and {sup 239+240}Pu in humans, baboons, and monkeys. 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.

• OSTI ID: 7167341
• Journal Information: Health Physics; (USA), Journal Name: Health Physics; (USA); ISSN 0017-9078; ISSN HLTPA
• 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
AMERICIUM 241
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
ANIMALS
BABOONS
BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY
BODY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DISTRIBUTION
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
GENETIC VARIABILITY
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
MAMMALS
MAN
MONKEYS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM 240
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
PRIMATES
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
SKELETON
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
VERTEBRATES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES