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Title:
DISTRIBUTION OF PLUTONIUM AND AMERICIUM IN OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED HUMANS AS FOUND FROM AUTOPSY SAMPLES
Author(s):
BOKOWSKI, D L [DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY]; HAMMOND, S E [DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY]; HYLTON, D B [DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY]; LAGERQUIST, C R [DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY]
Subject Terms:
HREX; ACTINIDES; AMERICIUM; AUTOPSIES; EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE ANALYSIS
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:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
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Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0004
Accession Number:
NV0701380
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 21
Description/Abstract:
NINETEEN CASES ARE DISCUSSED WHERE TISSUES WERE OBTAINED FROM AUTOPSY AND ANALYZED RADIOCHEMICALLY FOR PLUTONIUM AND AMERICIUM. DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS VARIED GREATLY FROM CASE TO CASE, DEPENDING ON: THE MODE OF ENTRY, THE CHEMICAL FORM, THE LENGTH OF TIME SINCE EXPOSURE, AND PERHAPS MANY OTHER PARAMETERS AS WELL. A TYPICAL DISTRIBUTION WAS NOT FOUND, BUT ON THE AVERAGE THE LUNG AND TRACHEAL- BRONCHIAL LYMPH NODES HAD THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF MATERIAL FOLLOWED BY THE LIVER, THE BONES AND FINALLY THE OTHER TISSUES.