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Title:
REPRINT FROM "ACTINIDES IN MAN AND ANIMALS", SUBJECT: MACRODISTRIBUTION OF PLUTONIUM IN THE HUMAN SKELETON ( PP 191-197 )
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
HREX; HUMAN SKELETON; PLUTONIUM
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:
1979 Oct 15
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0008
Accession Number:
NV0703486
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
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