TY - JOUR
AU - Crook, G H
AB - When an acute internal exposure to plutonium occurs, a number of problems arise for consideration by the treating physician and the attending physicist. A recent plutonium wound incident at Hanford involving the laceration of an employee's arm by plutonium fragments, has again emphasized these problems and the need for great care in wound and patient management, both from a medical and physical standpoint. This paper describes the methods of wound management including surgical removal of the plutonium, use of chelating agents, the methods of evaluating the residual deposition of plutonium, and hopefully indicates areas of needed research.
TI - The Management of an Extensive Plutonium Wound and the Evaluation of the Residual Internal Deposition of Plutonium
JO - Physics in Medicine and Biology
DO - 10.1088/0031-9155/13/1/305
DA - 1968-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/iop-publishing/the-management-of-an-extensive-plutonium-wound-and-the-evaluation-of-sZcex7iCVm
SP - 45
VL - 13
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -