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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