Health Risk Evaluations for Ingestion Exposure of Humans to Polonium-210

The incident in London during November 2006 involving a lethal intake by Mr. Alexander Litvinenko of the highly-radioactive, alpha-particles-emitting polonium-210 (Po-210) isotope, presumably via ingestion, sparked renewed interest in the area of Po-210 toxicity to humans. This paper is the result o...

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Main Author: Bobby R. Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2007-04-01
Series:Dose-Response
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2203/dose-response.06-013.Scott