Table 1 Life-shortening after single acute whole-body x- or gamma-ray treatments . . Species and strain Mouse 10 strains Mouse BAF1 . Sex M Percentage Range of life lost / percentaze TOO rad . Days lost / rad shortening 4.2 M 80-kVp x 4.2 30.2 0.24 ? M 135-kVp x 4.99, 30.4 0.29 ? ? mM F 250-kVp x 80~kVp x 135-kVp x ? Porm of the curve 98-kVp x F Mouse CAF1 Loa Rad-ation 0.15 4.694 27.2 0.27 6-797 39.2 0.35 39.2 0.43 5-297 F 250-kVp x 6.7 PF 250-kVp x 3.2-6.3 32.1 19 linear 0.21+-0.42 G2 G 3 ? 0.34 . References ? ? convex upward? K 7 Mouse Swiss F 250-kVp x 4.7 0-30 0.19 linear S17 Mouse CF1 F gamma from weapon 2.6 8-37 0.25 linear s18 Mouse CF1 M x rays convex BB 7-8-10.9 11~31 ? upward ? Mouse LAF1 Mouse 6 strains Mouse SAS /4 Mouse RF/J Mouse BDF1/J M gamma from 5.08% 6.3 10-51 0.47 M 200-kVp 4.1 23.2 0.28 0.81 upward PF F weapon S 5.4 3-45 30.6 0.378 concave U5 concave Gh 0.40 0.45 0.45 linear linear? linear L} S19 $20 upward M4P F F 15-MeVY x 250-kVp x 250-kVp x 5.4 9.1 5.1 5-44 36.5 5-50 | Mouse RF F 60, gamma 4.7 28-85 0.25 linear $21 Mouse RF/Un M 250-kVp x - 3-31 0.56+0.03 convex UT Mouse C57BL/6L F 300-kVp x 4.10/ 3-32 0.230/ convex Y 1 Mouse A/J F 300-kVp x 5.90/ 7-38 0.292/ upward Y1 Mouse RF F 300-kVp x 7.7 6-32 0.75 convex upward, C12 MiP 60,4 gamma 250/ 7-29 0.15 concave upward G5 M F 6056 gamma 5.3 5.3 5-42 6-43 0.45 0.48 Linear linear AT Mouse (C57BLxC3H) M 250-kVp x 2.5 0-9 0.22 linear? C13 Mouse BALB/c M 250-kVp x 7.3 0-66 0.54 linear? M8 Mouse LAF1 Mouse B6CF1 F Co gamma - 5-29 0.15-0.02 upward Mouse C57Bt M 250-kVp x 9.8 0-48 0.68 linear? M8 Mouse (C57BLxC3H) M 250-kVYp x 3.2 0-29 0.27 linear? M9 complex shh Mouse RFM F "3Tos gamma 9.6e 0-38 Mouse BALB/c F '3T 6, gamma 7.0% 0-14 0.390 linear? Sh; Rat Wistar M 250-kVp x 4.24.9 7-29 0.35-0.41 linear? H5 Rat Wistar F 250-kVp xa/ 0.4 Dog Beagle FP 250-kVp x 667 af ERE b/ M F Data derived from a single exposure of 6.7= 2,8-4.0 0-20 4-24 39 3-24 b 0.15-0.22 ? L 3 linear? A 2 Average for all strains Data derived under the hypothesis of linearity from experiments at the Leg level level linear 2,84 1000 R given under 5 per cent oxygen Figeres derived from Grahn7dnd Sacher (G1) : 0.28 Data derived under the hypothesie of linearity Figures obtained at the LD linear?