Neptunium

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Harrison J. D. Popplewell D. S. Etherington G. Ham G. J. (1988) Gastrointestinal absorption of neptunium and curium in volunteers. Radiol. Prot. Bull. 93, 11–14.

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Leggett R. W. (1984) Bioassay data and a retention-excretion model for systemic plutonium. NUREG/CR-3346, ORNL/TM-8795. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge.

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Métivier H. Bourges J. Fritsch P. Nolibé D. Masse R. (1986) Gastrointestinal absorption of neptunium in primates: Effect of ingested mass, diet and fasting. Radiat. Res. 106, 190–200.

Métivier H. Duserre C. Jouniaux B. Fritsch P. Lataillade G. Masse R. (1987) Gastrointestinal transfer of neptunium (V) in newborn baboons: Preliminary results. In: Age-related Factors in Radionuclide Metabolism and Dosimetry ( Gerber G. B. Métivier H. Smith H. , Eds) pp. 21–26. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht.

NCRP (1988) National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Neptunium: Radiation Protection Considerations. NCRP Report No. 90. Bethesda.

NEA/OECD (1988) Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health, Report of an Expert Group on Gut Transfer Factors. NEA/OECD, Paris.

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Popplewell D. S. Harrison J. D. Ham G. J. (1989) The measurement of the gastrointestinal absorption of neptunium-239 and curium-242 in humans. In: Radiation Protection-Theory and Practice ( Goldfinch E. P. , Ed.) pp. 239–242. Proceedings of the Society for Radiological Protection, 4th International Symposium 4–9 June 1989. Institute of Physics, Bristol.

Sullivan M. F. Miller B. M. Ryan J. L. (1988) The effect of mass on the gastrointestinal absorption of plutonium and neptunium. Radiat. Res. 94, 199–209.

Sullivan M. F. Ruemmler P. S. Ryan J. L. (1984) Effects of fasting and/or oxidizing and reducing agents on absorption of neptunium from the gastrointestinal tract of mice and adult or neonatal rats. Radiat. Res. 100, 519–526.

Wirth R. Volf V. (1984) Long term retention of Np-237 in rats. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 46, 787–792.