TABLE FOUR
SOME POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS FROM RADIATION DOSES
TO SPECIFIC ORGANS *
Dose
(Rads)
Gastrointestinal
Thyroid
Tract
—
10,000 -+-
Minor changes in
-istructure
Bones
°
a
Tumor production
~Permanent or serious
‘damage -- survival
threatened
1,000 -; Tumor Preduction
_+
-4-
Minor changes in
structure
.Immediate effects such
as nausea and vomiting
Potential carcinogenic
dose to thyroids of few
percent of children and
adolescents
100 -#
#Lesser short term effects would be exnected from the
same doses distributed in time.
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