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Title:
OVERVIEW OF THE ACCIDENT, MEDICAL AND RELATED ASPECTS OF THE GOIANIA ACCIDENT: AN OVERVIEW ( HEALTH PHYSICS PERGAMON PRESS, JANUARY 1991, VOLUME 60, NO. 1, P.P. 17-14 )
Author(s):
BRANDAO-MELLO, C E [HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL]; FARINA, R [HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL]; HUNT, J G [HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL]; OLIVEIRA, A R [HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL]; VALVERDE, N J.L. [HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL]
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:
1991 Jan 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0008
Accession Number:
NV0704605
Originating Research Org.:
HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
ON 13 SEPTEMBER 1987, A RADIATION ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE CITY OF GOIANIA IN CENTRAL BRAZIL. APPROXIMATELY 250 PEOPLE WERE EXPOSED TO A 137CS SOURCE FROM AN ABANDONED RADIOTHERAPY UNIT. AT LEAST 14 PATIENTS SHOWED SOME DEGREE OF BONE MARROW DEPRESSION, AND EIGHT DEVELOPED THE CLASSICAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME (ARS). TWENTY-EIGHT PEOPLE PRESENTED LOCAL RADIATION INJURIES RANGING FROM FIRST TO THIRD DEGREE, AND 104 INDIVIDUALS SHOWED EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL CONTAMINATION. THIS PAPER DESCRIBES THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE EVENT, THE FIRST-AID MEASURES TAKEN, THE CRITERIA ADOPTED FOR TRIAGE OF THE EXPOSED POPULATION, AND THE RADIATION PROTECTION PROCEDURES USED DURING THE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE IRRADIATED INDIVIDUALS.