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Life shortening after single acute whole-body neutron treatments

Sex

Radiation

Percentage
life lost /
100 rad

Range of
percentage
:
shortening

Days Lost /

Mouse Swiss

FP

thermal column

A.7

0-30

Mouse CF1

F

weapon neutrons

4.7

M

weapon neutrons

6.7

Mouse OF1

F

fission neutrons

Mouse RF/Un

M

1~MeV neutrons

Mouse RF /Un

F

14-—MeV neutrons

Mouse BC6F1

M

Mouse RFM

Species and Strain|

Mouse LAF‘

F

15.6

Form of

Refs.

0.19

Linear

S17

8-30

0.37

linear

S18

9-23

0.79

1.06

upward

concave

U 5

9-45

1.06

linear?

v1

9-39

225
9.0-18.0

19-28

rad

0.21-0.06

convex

T

convex
upward

D 1

convex

AT

convex

U 8

6. 7/

9-26

fission spectrum

35.90/

7-26

3.0-0.9

F

fission spectrum

45-77

4-25

-

Rat

M

fission spectrum

102/

22

-

?

K 8

Guinea-pig

M

fission spectrum

122/

12-16

~4

?

K 8
K 9

Mouse BALB/c

a/

Pr

F

42-70

9-31

0-20

Estimate derived from a first-approximete assumption of linearity

“pH

b/ Estimate derived from data at the smallest dose of 20 rad

0.40

the curve

3.9-1.1

-

upward

upward

K 9

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