Title: Acute Mortality and Recovery Studies in Sheep Irradiated with Cobalt-60 Gamma Rays or 1-Mvp X-Rays
Abstract: The acute effects of whole-body irradiation and the pattern of recovery from sublethal radiation injury can only be estimated for human beings from scattered and highly unusual exposure situations. These situations include the atomic bomb detonations in Japan, nuclear reactor accidents, and organ transplantation studies. The atomic bomb detonations are of little value for these purposes because of uncertain dose estimates, complicating thermal burns, and insufficient mortality records. Estimates of LD50 based on data from reactor accidents contribute little information because there is usually an inhomogeneous distribution of a mixture of neutron and 7-radiations, making dose estimation difficult. The radiation dosimetry associated with organ transplantation is accurate, but the patients are generally in an advanced state of disease and have frequently received cytotoxic agents. They are generally maintained in an artificial environment with unusually good supportive
Publication Year: 1966
Publication Date: 1966-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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