Document Details
Title:
BOOK REVIEWS RADIOBIOLOGY OF PLUTONIUM
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
HREX; AUTOPSY; ETHICS; INHALATION; NEOPLASMS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOBIOLOGY
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0001
Accession Number:
NV0700119
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
BOOK REVIEW OF "RADIOBIOLOGY OF PLUTONIUM" PUBLISHED IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 1973 AND WRITTEN BY PATRICIA J. LINDOP. RELEVANT FACTORS THIS VOLUME POINTS OUT ARE THE NEED TO QUANTITATE THE QUALITY AND PREVALENCE OF DAMAGE. THE VOLUME PREDOMINANTLY REPORTS STUDIES OF BEAGLES WITH INCORPORATED PLUTONIUM AND IN EARLY CHAPTERS, THE USE OF TERMINAL PATIENTS, FROM 1944-1947, TO ASSESS PLUTONIUM TOXICITY. A NOTEWORTHY FEATURE OF THE VOLUME IS THE SETTING UP OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSURANIUM REGISTRY.