Cataract-inducing threshold dosage of fast neutrons. [Rabbits]
Journal Article
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· Radiobiology (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7218554
Rabbits were exposed to fast neutrons in doses of 20 to 400 rad. An electrical ophthalmoscope and biomicroscopy were used for examining the lens. After 15 months the structure of the lens was severely impaired with fewer nuclear elements in the region of the germinative zone some of which were displaced to the posterior and some to the anterior cortex. The threshold dose for inducing cataract was about 100 rad. Six to 7 months after delivery of this dose clinically demonstrable opacities appeared in the lens which progressed appreciably and affected the function of the eye. Data showed that the rabbit lens is four times more sensitive to radiation than the human lens. (HLW)
- OSTI ID:
- 7218554
- Journal Information:
- Radiobiology (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Radiobiology (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 17:1; ISSN RADBA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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560152* -- Radiation Effects on Animals-- Animals
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
BARYONS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BODY
CATARACTS
CRYSTALLINE LENS
DISEASES
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
DOSES
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EYES
FAST NEUTRONS
FERMIONS
HADRONS
INJURIES
MAMMALS
NEUTRONS
NUCLEONS
ORGANS
RABBITS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION INJURIES
RADIOINDUCTION
SENSE ORGANS
SENSE ORGANS DISEASES
THRESHOLD DOSE
VERTEBRATES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
BARYONS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BODY
CATARACTS
CRYSTALLINE LENS
DISEASES
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
DOSES
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EYES
FAST NEUTRONS
FERMIONS
HADRONS
INJURIES
MAMMALS
NEUTRONS
NUCLEONS
ORGANS
RABBITS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION INJURIES
RADIOINDUCTION
SENSE ORGANS
SENSE ORGANS DISEASES
THRESHOLD DOSE
VERTEBRATES