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dosage. > This can be attributed to several factors, including greater
sensitivity for portions of the bone where the nuclide is deposited, and
greater importance of damaged tissue.

These factors are taken into

account in establishing maximum permissible values.
Determinations of maximum permissible values for body burdens

of the various radionuclides are based on two somewhat differing criteria.

One criterion, as I have just discussed, is for the bone-seekers;

the second, for the other radionuclides, is based on limiting the weekly

dose to the organ where the nuclide concentrates to a value commensurate with the limitation for whole-body external exposure.

Calcula-

tions have been made for the gamut of nuclear-weapon-produced
radionuclides and the results may be found in the NRRP report 'Maximum Permissible Amounts of Radioisotopes in the Human Body and
Maximum Permissible Concentrations in Air and Water,'' U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards Handbook 53, March

20, 1953.

This report was superseded by the NCRP Handbook No. 69

published in June 1959 and entitled ''Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum Permissible Concentrations of Radionuclides in Air
and Water for Occupational Exposure.''

These calculations also are

reflected in the ''Report of ICRP Committee on Permissible Dose of
Internal Radiation (1959)'"' published in the 1960 issue of Health Physics.

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