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RADIATION STANDARDS, INCLUDING FALLOUT
TaRLE B.—Survey of 25 medical societies
Total membership
Those publishing offcial journals
112,874
25
Total subscribers
Radiation
safety
articles,
last 5 years
196, 325
Increase in educational efforts in radiation protection
None
10
percent
25
percent
50
percent
75
percent
100
percent
3
4
0
5
7
1
Speeches
and programs,
;
Exhibits,
last § years
Motion
pictures,
last 5 years
166
40
79
last 5 years
218
Committee
on disaster
planning
Yes
Estimate of activity in National, State,
or locai disaster planning efforts
Do
Relatively Reasonably
;
not
inactive
active
j|Very active
know
No
25
0
0
1
19
5
TABLE C.—Survey of 78 medical schools
Instruction
given in
radiation
safety
Nuuberof schools
employing visual
aids
Total number of hours given
Yes
No
Medical
students
74
4
346
Residents
not radiX-ray
Nurses
ologists
{technicians
145
138
50
Others !
A
21
.
Movies
Slides
Others
35
59
14
Percentage of increase, or decrease, in hours devoted to instruction as compared with 5 years ago
Decrease
Same
Under 50
percent
50 pereent
75 percent
100 percent
Over 100
percent
No answer
0
18
1
14
I
18
12
4
1 Key: A—Instruction given, but hours not specified.
B—Hours noted, but recipients not specified.
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