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Title:
ON SOME ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN RADIATION PROTECTION ( JOURNAL OF THE NEWARK BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL JANUARY 1955 VOL. VI NO. 1 PAGE 31 )
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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:
1955 Jan 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0013
Accession Number:
NV0702377
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 22
Description/Abstract:
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS WHICH LONG TERM RADIATION EFFECTS MAY HAVE ON AN AGING POPULATION AND SOME POSSIBLE WAYS OF PROTECTION. THIRTY-TWO DENTAL X-RAY UNITS WERE EXAMINED, AND THE ROENTGEN AMOUNT RECEIVED BY DENTISTS, RECEPTIONISTS AND PATIENTS WAS MEASURED. TO THE LATTER, THREE OF THE UNITS DELIVERED 113 R, 238 R AND 315 R TO THE FACE AND NECK AREA DURING THE COMPLETE EXAMINATION OF THE MOUTH. A STUDY NOTED THE PRESENCE IN THE NECK OF AN APPRECIABLE AMOUNT OF LYMPHOID TISSUE.


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