THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DOSE AND THE EFFECTS OF IRRADIATION OF MAMMALS WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE LOW-DOSE REGION
Data on the relationship between the radiation dose and its somatic effects, those apparent in the irradiated generation, in mammals were collected in order to determine whether any dose of radiation was followed by those effects or if a threshold dose existed below which no effect occurred. The effects studied were acute death, body weight loss and organ atrophy, depression of mitotic activity, induction of lens opacity, depression of fron uptake by erythrodytes and erythrocyte-forming tissue, suporession of defense mechanisms, induction of turaor development, radiation-induced leukemia in man, and shortening of the life-span. No experiments performed were able to give conclusive evidence of the existence or non-existence of the threshold. (M.C.G.)
- Research Organization:
- United Nations. Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-022752
- OSTI ID:
- 4156301
- Report Number(s):
- A/AC.82/R.84
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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