
Correlation between induced embryo toxicity and absorption dose of enriched uranium in testes
Doses of enriched uranium in testes inducing dominant lethality and skeletal abnormalities in offsprings are estimated. When intratesticular injection dose is 0.4~60µg enriched uranium; from intake to insemination, testes could receive 9.14×10-5 ~ 1.38 × 10-2 Gy radiation dose. Experimental results show that with the increase in the absorption dose, the number of living fetuses in a litter decreases, dominant lethality and skeletal abnormalities rise. It should be noted that relationship between the injected dose(I in µg) and the incidence of dominant skeletal abnormalities (S in %)in the offsprings can be represented by equation: S = 28.84 + 0.84 I.