Ne a P

Bone-marrow dose equivalent rate, mrem/y

2.0

18 |
1.67

Newborn
4-month old
9-month old
1.5-y oid

1.4f

18-y old

4-y oid
12-y old

1.2 |
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2 |
40

60

Bone-marrow dose equivalent rate, mrem/y

2.0

1.85

1.07
0.87
Newborn

4-month old
9-month old
1.5-y old
4-y old
12-y oid
18-y old

0.4

0.2
10

Years after ingestion

30

Figure 4. The annual bone-marrow dose when intake of ?9Sr begins at different ages; (a) shows lifetime
dose equivalentrates and (b) shows an expanded view of(a) for the first 30 y of exposure.

JO00T Ty

20

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