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CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING SHORT TERM

PERMISSIBLE INGESTION OF FALLOUT MATERIAL

Gordon M. Dunning
Diviegion of Biology and Medicine
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington, D. C.

The criteria for establishing permissible ingestion of radioactive
fallout material under emergency conditions for several weeks following a
nuclear detonation are dependent primarily on exposures to the,
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Doses to the Gastrointestinal Tract

The following principal assumptions are used in calculating the doses
to the gastrointestinal tract of adults:

a. The calculations are based on the methods contained in
reference one.
b.

The fallout material is 90 percent insoluble. (See IV. Discussion

below).
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