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The total body burden of plutonium 24 or 96 hr following a single gastric intubation was approximately fourfold greater in iron-deficient than in iron-replete mice. There was also a more rapid translocation of plutonium from soft tissues to bone in the iron-deficient mice by 96 hr after gavage. In the iron-replete group only liver concentrations of plutonium increased during the corresponding time period.
The technical assistance of Darlene Hunter and Martha Perkins in these studies and the editorial assistance of Dvara-Lee Felton in preparation of the manuscript are gratefully acknowledged.
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