Survival, causes of death, and estimated tissue doses in a group of human beings injected with plutonium
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To determine the relationship between urinary excretion and plutonium body content, 18 persons of short life expectancy were injected with plutonium between 1945 and 1947. Seventeen of these 18 individuals have been identified; eight were found to have survived for at least eight years and four are still alive today (1975). The causes of death of 13 of these individuals have been determined from death certificates; none appear to be related to the administered plutonium. Doses to the liver and …
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Date:
January 1, 1975
Creator:
Rowland, R. E. & Durbin, P. W.
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