The distribution and clearance of inhaled uranium dioxide particles in the respiratory tract of the rat.
The distribution and clearance of inhaled UO2 particles in the respiratory tract of the rat has been determined by track counting in histological sections of lung at various times after a single brief inhalation. The results do not agree with the I.C.R.P. lung model. An alternative model is proposed which is more consistent with the data.
D000818:Animals; D004391:Dust; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D010087:Oxides; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012119:Respiration; D014501:Uranium
D004391:Dust; D010087:Oxides; D014501:Uranium