Biological studies with polonium, radium, and plutonium.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: National nuclear energy series.  Manhattan Project Technical Section.  Division 6, University of Rochester Project.; v. 3
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 1950
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
Subjects: Polonium -- Physiological effect.; Radium -- Physiological effect.; Plutonium.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Distribution and excretion of polonium: Introduction, by H. E. Silberstein.  General methods used in polonium distribution and excretion experiments, by A. T. Gorham [et al.]  Polonium distribution and excretion experiments with animals, by H. E. Silberstein [et al.]  Studies of polonium metabolism in human subjects, by H. E. Silberstein [et al.]; title: pt. 2. Distribution and excretion of radium: Historical background, by H. E. Silberstein.  General methods used in radium distribution and excretion experiments, by H. E. Silberstein.  Radium distribution and excretion studies with rats, by H. E. Silberstein.; title: pt. 3. Toxicity of polonium, plutonium and radium in rats: Pilot studies on the intravenous lethal dosage of polonium, plutonium and radium in rats, by G. A. Boyd [et al.]  Simultaneous studies on the intravenous lethal dosage of polonium, plutonium and radium in rats, by G. A. Boyd [et al.]