TABLE ONE
RELATIVE DOSES TO GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
FROM INGESTION OF FALLOUT MATERIAL
Time After Detonation
That Ingestion Occurs
lst Hour
ist Day
Limiting
Case *
Lower Large Intestine
1.0
1.0
1.0
Upper Large Intestine
1.3
0.72
0.49
Small Intestine
0.26
0.054
0.03
Stomach
0.86
0.063
0.03
*Based on assumption that there is no significant decrease in
activity during time of passage through gastrointestinal tract.
After a
week following a detonation the decrease in activity between the mid-
point of time in lower large intestine is within 20% of this condition.
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