Table 1.
Radiation Exposures from Natural Background
and Medical Sources

Natural background (annuel exposures)
Total

_

Roentgens
0.085 - 0.20

Gamma rays (from territorial
sources) and cosmic rays

O.1 (varies)

Potassium-40 (internal)

0.018 (varies)

Carbon-14

7001

Medical Exposures

Chest X-ray

(per exposure)

0.2

Back X-ray

(per exposure)

O.4

Photoflurogram (per exposure)

_

about 0.5 - 2.0

Gastro-intestinal series

about 30.

59.

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