Plutonium-239

11/01/2010 - "The purpose of this study was characterization of a radiation-induced increase in the rate of aneuploidy induced by incorporated plutonium-239 (239Pu) in somatic cells of chemonuclear industry workers. "

01/01/1993 - "Cancer site in the lower lobe appeared to show high probability attributing to plutonium-239 with relative risk over 1.39; in the case of upper lobe the relative risk was 3.67."
01/01/1993 - "Ratio of cancer sites attributing to plutonium-239 was calculated for various levels of relative risk. "
11/01/1999 - "Reasons it is doubtful that preconceptional paternal irradiation with plutonium-239 had any effect on cancer induction by methyl-nitroso-urea."
05/01/1999 - "Tumor induction by methyl-nitroso-urea following preconceptional paternal contamination with plutonium-239."
01/01/1992 - "The expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) was examined in canine lung tumors and in proliferative epithelial foci induced by plutonium-239 to determine if EGF-R was associated with specific neoplastic phenotypes or putative preneoplastic lesions. "

01/01/1980 - "Terminal hematological changes in mice bearing osteosarcomas induced by plutonium-239."
11/01/1975 - "[Osteosarcoma-inducing effect of plutonium-239 in relation to animal age and sex]."
01/01/1982 - "After the injection of plutonium-239, myeloid and lymphatic leukemias were diagnosed in most of the animals dying without osteosarcoma. "
01/01/2001 - "Induction of osteosarcoma and acute myeloid leukaemia in CBA/H mice by the alpha-emitting nuclides, uranium-233, plutonium-239 and amercium-241."
01/01/2001 - "To compare tumour induction in CBA/H mice, principally osteosarcoma and acute myeloid leukaemia, resulting from exposure to the alpha-emitting nuclides, uranium-233, plutonium-239 and americium-241, and to relate differences between the three nuclides to the pattern of dose delivery within tissues. "

01/01/2003 - "(4) Lung cancer in Mayak workers exposed to plutonium-239, mainly by inhalation. "
01/01/1993 - "Incorporation of plutonium-239 increased the number of lower lobe pulmonary cancers (upper-0.49; medium-0.06; lower-0.45) compared to 0.72; 0.03; 0.25 in control group. "
06/11/2009 - "Evidence is provided for low linear-energy-transfer (LET) radiation-activated natural protection (ANP) against high-LET alpha-radiation-induced lung cancer in plutonium-239 exposed rats and radon-progeny-exposed humans. "
11/01/1994 - "Expression of transforming growth factor alpha and epidermal growth factor receptor in rat lung neoplasms induced by plutonium-239."

05/01/2001 - "Lymphocyte chromosomal aberrations and their complexity induced in vitro by plutonium-239 alpha-particles and detected by FISH."
09/01/1980 - "The yields of unstable chromosome aberrations induced in human lymphocytes by alpha-particles from plutonium-239 have been measured. "
09/01/1980 - "The induction of chromosome aberrations in human lymphocytes by in vitro irradiation with alpha-particles from plutonium-239."
07/01/2001 - "To assess in utero sensitivity to x-rays, alpha-emissions from plutonium-239 and beta-emissions from tritium in terms of induction of chromosomal aberrations in bone marrow cells. "