TABLE FOUR
- SOME POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS FROM RADIATION DOSES
TO SPECIFIC ORGANS *
Dose
Gastrointestinal
(Rads )
Thyroid
Tract
Bones
~——
Minor changes in
10, 000
: ——
“Fr atructure
—_
Tumor production
Permanent or serious
Gammge -- survival
threatened
1,000
Tumor Production
.
Inmediate effects such
Minor changes in
structure
— 85 nausea and voniting
Potential carcinogenic
dose to thyroids of few
percent of children and
adolescents
100
—
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* Lesser short term effects would be expected from the
same doses distributed in time.
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