Table 3—-RESULTS OF CORRELATION AND REGRESSION ANALYSES BASED
ON ESTIMATES OF INITIAL GAMMA DOSE RATES AT 20 REPRESENTATIVE LOCATIONS IN THE SEDAN FALLOUT FIELD AND ON THE CONCENTRATIONS OF ®Sr AND !31] IN PLANT SAMPLES OR IN THE STOMACH
CONTENTS, BONE ASH, OR THYROIDS OF RABBITS COLLECTED
AT THE SAME LOCATIONS
Variables*
[x(y)]
®@Sr
Pg (Rg)
Correlation
coefficients
0.7557
Bgq(Pp)
Regression
coefficients
Regression formulas
[x =X + by — 9]
83.75 + 16.65t
0.698
0.742 + 0.250t
Py = 83.75 Ry + 335
Bagg = 0.742 Py + 761
1317 .
Po (Ro)
0.7387
0.405 + 0.187%
Po = 0.405 Rg + 0.147
12.76 + 3.72f
A, = 12.76 Pa + 122
Sp (Ro)
0.835
0.184 + 0.0297
As (Sq)
0.769T
38.82 + 7.59T
A;(P9)
0.6267
Sp = 0.184 Rg + 0.817
As = 38.82 Sp + 57
*Ry = mr/hr at 3 ft aboveground at H+ 24; Po(®Sr) = 1.26 P, (pce/g on plants
at t= 0); P)(311) = 2.00 P, (nc/g on plants at t = 0); Sq(341) = 2.00 S, (nc/g in
stomachs at t = 0); Bsg(®Sr) = observed values (pe/g in bone ash at t = 30 days);
and A;(!8!1) = observed values [nc(total) in thyroids at t = 5 days].
+Statistically significant at the 1% level of probability.
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TP TTI
104
P, = PC ®5-/G (DRY) IN PLANT SAMPLES
l
rT TT dy]
PC/G
1
By = PC 5-/G (DRY) IN RABBIT BONE ASH
By
~
+
Fig. 3—Average
concen-
trations of ®Sr in plant
samples, P,,andin the bone
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ash of rabbits, Bt, collected
from representative loca-
tions (see Fig. 2) in the
—
wb
0
—
Lt
5
pt
15
pp
30
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i
45
DAYS AFTER DETONATION
60
Sedan fallout field at vari-
ous times after the detonatton.