title: Frequency of alpha-particles from 239PuO2 in lung cells.
abstract: NCRP-Report 49 deals with the effect of 239PuO2-particles in the lung. A basic aspect in the considerations is the frequency of cells traversed by one or by more alpha-particles. The present article contains the explicit derivation of the formulae underlying the data in the NCRP-report.
mesh_terms: D000512:Alpha Particles; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D011005:Plutonium
chemical_list: D011005:Plutonium