K. G. Suslova

TL;DR: The results provide a further definition and characterization of the cohort and, second, they provide uncertainty estimates for these plutonium exposure categories.

TL;DR: Tissues collected at autopsy from workers with potential or confirmed body burdens of actinide elements resulting from occupational exposures were radiochemically analyzed for actinides for the purpose of evaluating the biokinetics of these elements in the human body.

TL;DR: The extrapulmonary distribution of plutonium in 20 organs was studied in workers who chronically inhaled plutonium at the radiochemical plants of the Mayak Production Association (Ozyorsk, Russia) by radiochemical analysis of soft tissue and bones samples collected at autopsy of 591 workers.

TL;DR: The method to estimate total skeleton plutonium burden of former Mayak Production Association (MPA) workers from limited bone samples obtained at autopsy is described and can be used to obtain data in support of the development of biokinetic, dosimetric and risk models for humans exposed to plutonium.

TL;DR: Values of the bound fraction using autopsy data of former plutonium workers of the Mayak Production Association are determined, indicating that the rate from the alveolar region to the interstitium may be lower than initially thought.