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

—
-

* Lesser short term effects would be expected from the
same doses distributed in time.

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