Does mean lung dose calculated after inhalation of alpha emitters actually reflect the risk of induction of malignant lung tumours?

Autor: P. Fritsch, Y. Oghiso, G. Monchaux, K. Guillet, J.P. Morlier, N. Dudoignon
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire de Radiotoxicologie (LRT), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Laboratoire de Cancérologie Expérimentale (LCE), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay
Rok vydání: 2003
Předmět:
Male
Lung Neoplasms
Neoplasms
Radiation-Induced

aerosol
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
environmental exposure
Poison control
dose calculation
cancer risk
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
Toxicology
Rats
Sprague-Dawley

0302 clinical medicine
Medicine
rat
Uranium Ore Dust
Inhalation exposure
Inhalation Exposure
Radiation
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
Inhalation
curium
article
radon
General Medicine
respiratory system
particle size
Alpha Particles
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
Lung tumours
Actinoid Series Elements
plutonium
neptunium
chemistry.chemical_element
Alpha (ethology)
Radon
Radiation Dosage
complex mixtures
Risk Assessment
uranium
03 medical and health sciences
Administration
Inhalation

Animals
Radiology
Nuclear Medicine and imaging

Rats
Wistar

intermethod comparison
Radioisotopes
nonhuman
concentration (parameters)
business.industry
actinide
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health

Dose-Response Relationship
Radiation

Rats
Inbred F344

respiratory tract diseases
Rats
lung cancer
chemistry
concentration response
Air Pollutants
Radioactive

incidence
Particle size
Nuclear medicine
business
Zdroj: RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY
RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY, 2003, 105 (1-4), pp.149-152. ⟨10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006211⟩
ISSN: 0144-8420
Popis: A comparison of incidence of lung tumours in rats after inhalation exposure to aerosols containing alpha emitters which have different physico-chemical properties has been performed. Aerosols of radon and progeny, uranium ore dust, NpO 2 , PuO 2 or Cm 2 O 3 were considered for intercomparison with similar or different particle sizes. Dose-effect relationships for the frequency of malignant lung tumours appear linear up to a few Gy and then become infralinear at higher doses delivered to the lungs. The initial slope of the curves reflects the risk of induction of a lung tumour. The highest slopes of incidence were observed for radon and uranium ore dust (about 70 and 20% Gy -1 respectively) for which the most homogeneous alpha dose distribution to the lungs is expected. In a general trend, increasing the alpha-activity of deposited particles (higher specific activity of constituent radioisotopes or larger particle size) decreases the risk. The comparison of the reported data shows that the risk per Gy at 'low' doses' could vary over more than one order of magnitude depending on the physico-chemical properties of the aerosols.
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