 Plutonium
"Plutonium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A naturally radioactive element of the actinide metals series. It has the atomic symbol Pu, and atomic number 94. Plutonium is used as a nuclear fuel, to produce radioisotopes for research, in radionuclide batteries for pacemakers, and as the agent of fission in nuclear weapons.
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D011005
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D01.268.271.100.700 D01.268.556.700 D01.496.749.305.100.700 D01.552.020.734 D01.552.544.700
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plutonium" by people in Profiles.
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Newman LS, Mroz MM, Ruttenber AJ. Lung fibrosis in plutonium workers. Radiat Res. 2005 Aug; 164(2):123-31.
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Margulies TD, Schonbeck ND, Morin-Voillequ? NC, James KA, LaVelle JM. A comparative study of (239,240)Pu in soil near the former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Facility, Golden, CO. J Environ Radioact. 2004; 75(2):143-57.
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Brandom WF, McGavran L, Bistline RW, Bloom AD. Sister chromatid exchanges and chromosome aberration frequencies in plutonium workers. Int J Radiat Biol. 1990 Jul; 58(1):195-207.
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