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each patient’s behavior on the boat.
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The dose to each person differed de-
pending on his behavior and the position of his cabin.
TVhe integrated dose to the thyroid from !?'L was inferred as about 20 to
1.
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the + to 7 weeks after the initial exposure.
rapidly, namely at about 6 months post explosion the activity in the urine was
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Significant amounts of radioactivity were found in the urine samples
collected at about 4 weeks after the explosion. The radioactivity decreased
barely detectable.
Radiochemical analysis of several organs from the fatal case showed that
At the same time the results cf
whole body counting showed no significant difference between fishermen and
controls.
Thus, the external irradiation seemed to play an impotant role in early
effects.
SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS IN THE EARLY STAGE
Figure 1 summarizes the symptoms and signs in the early stage.
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the radioactivity of these organs was clearly higher, when compared with the
controls, although it was not extremely high (Kimura et al., 1956).
After 8'/, years and 10 years, '"Cs- and “Sr content in the urine of the
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Symptons and signs in
the early stage.
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