Title:
PERMISSIBLE LIMITS FOR CESIUM-137 COMPARISON OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC ADMINISTRATION EXPERIMENTS.
Subject Terms:
ISOTOPESRADIOBIOLOGY
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Publication Date:
1957 Jun 01
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Accession Number:
RL-1-382607
Document Number(s):
HW-SA-46
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Jun 12
Description/Abstract:
IN SINGLE ADMINISTRATION EXPERIMENT, 35 FEMALE SPRAGUE-DOWLEY RATS WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 240 GRAMS WERE EACH GIVEN, INTROPERITONEALLY, 90/4C OF CS137. ANIMALS WERE SACRIFICED AND VARIOUS ORGANS AND TISSUES ASSAYED FOR CS137 CONTENT AT INTERVALS FROM 1 TO 300 DAYS FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATION. THIS EXPERIMENT DIFFERED FROM STUDIES MADE PREVIOUSLY BY OTHERS ONLY IN THE LENGTH OF TIME OVER WHICH THE DATA WAS TAKEN.