"Plutonium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A naturally radioactive element of the actinide metals series. It has the atomic symbol Pu, and atomic number 94. Plutonium is used as a nuclear fuel, to produce radioisotopes for research, in radionuclide batteries for pacemakers, and as the agent of fission in nuclear weapons.
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D011005
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.271.100.700 D01.268.556.700 D01.496.749.305.100.700 D01.552.020.734 D01.552.544.700
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plutonium" by people in Profiles.
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Beyea J, von Hippel FN. History of Dose, Risk, and Compensation Assessments for US Veterans of the 1966 Plutonium Cleanup in Palomares, Spain. Health Phys. 2019 12; 117(6):625-636.
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von Hippel FN. Rethinking nuclear fuel recycling. Sci Am. 2008 May; 298(5):88-93.