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Title:
THERAPEUTIC ABORTION ON ACCOUNT OF X-RAY EXAMINATION DURING PREGNANCY ( DANISH MEDICAL BULLETIN, VOL 6, NO 4, JUNE 1959 ) ( PARTIAL DOCUMENT )
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Subject Terms:
HREX
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1959 Jun 30
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0011
Accession Number:
NV0702334
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 21
Description/Abstract:
THIS REPORT STUDIES THERAPEUTIC ABORTION ON ACCOUNT OF X-RAY EXAMINATION DURING PREGNANCY. ELEVEN PREGNANT WOMEN HAD ONE OR MORE PREGNANCY DURING THE YEARS 1954 - 1958. SUBSEQUENTLY, 8 HAD THERAPEUTIC ABORTIONS, WHEREAS 3 WENT TO TERM. THE CALCULATED FOETAL DOSES RANGED FROM 0.03 TO 3.7 R (0.01-18.9). IN CONCLUSION, DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF PREGNANCY, FOETAL DOSES BELOW ABOUT ONE R DO NOT INDICATE INDUCTION OF ABORTION. FOETAL DOSES BETWEEN ABOUT ONE R AND ABOUT TEN R INDICATE THERAPEUTIC ABORTION ONLY IN PRESENCE OF ADDITIONAL INDICATIONS. FOETAL DOSES ABOVE ABOUT 10 R PRESUMABLY ALWAYS INDICATE ABORTION. X-RAY EXAMINATIONS OF THE ABDOMEN SHOULD NOT BE PERFORMED DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF PREGNANCY.