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. 1981;92:227–233.

The medical effects of radioactive fall-out: role of stable end-products?

B A Burrows, J C Cardarelli, E A Boling, F M Sinex
PMCID: PMC2279511  PMID: 7281411

Abstract

To summarize, from preliminary observations on the possible effects of radioactive fall-out, it may be inferred that in addition to the secondary products of ionizing irradiation per se, the stable end-products of the transmutation of certain radionuclides may adversely influence cellular metabolism, including mutagenesis. The discussion of the possible role of intracellular barium as an end-product of 137Cs decay is offered as an example of an unpredictable number of broad ecological, as well as the more limited medical, effects that may be of both clinical and climatological significance.

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