Lü Huimin, Zhou Xiangyan, Li Li, et al. METABOLISM DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSFER OF TRITIUM IN PREGNANT MICE AFTER EXPOSURE TO TRITIUM WATER[J]. Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing, 1993,11(2):95-98.
Lü Huimin, Zhou Xiangyan, Li Li, et al. METABOLISM DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSFER OF TRITIUM IN PREGNANT MICE AFTER EXPOSURE TO TRITIUM WATER[J]. Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing, 1993,11(2):95-98.DOI:
Tritium water with three kind of different dose was single injected intraperitoneally to pregnant mice in the various time. The tritium concentration in the tissues from mother mice were measured on the 3.5 days after mother mice parturition. Dose rates in baby mice were estimated, as well as the transfer coefficient of tritium from mother mice to baby mice calculated based on the tritium concentrations. The results of the experiment showed that tritium was almost uniformly distributed among the tissues after exposure to tritiated water at three experimental groups. However, it was found that relative concentrations of tritium in the baby mice tissues were consistently higher than that in mother mice tissues for three experimental groups. The relative concentration of tritium in the tissues was not affected by the different dose but developing on the exposure time. The results of radiation dose rates from baby mice estimation at the end of exposure showed that the higher radiation dose rates was found in the mice exposed to tritiated water during 7.5 days.,The transfer coefficient of tritium from mother mice into baby mice was almost no different among the three radiation dose groups. The highest transfer coefficient was observed in mother mice exposed to tritiated water during 16.5 days, however it was not found that transfer coefficient were higher in the mother mice exposed to tritiated water during 11.5 days than that of 7.5 days.