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Title:
MEDICAL ASPECTS, LOCALIZED LESIONS INDUCED BY 137-CESIUMS DURING THE GOIANIA ACCIDENT ( HEALTH PHYSICS PERGAMON PRESS JANUARY 1991,VOLUME 60, NO. 1, P.P. 25-29 )
Author(s):
BRANDAO-MELLO, C E [HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL]; CURADO, M P [HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL]; FARINA, R [HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL]; OLIVEIRA, A R [HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL]; VALVERDE, N J.L. [HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL]
Subject Terms:
HREX; CESIUM 137
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:
0005
Accession Number:
NV0704606
Originating Research Org.:
HEALTH PHYSICS - JOURNAL
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
A DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF INITIAL SYMPTOMS AND CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS REGARDING ACUTE LOCALIZED RADIATION LESIONS IN 28 PERSONS EXPOSED TO 137CS DURING THE GOIANIA RADIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT. SPECIALIZED PROCEDURES TO ESTIMATE THE EXTENT AND GRAVITY OF THE LESIONS AND ESTABLISH A THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY, AS WELL AS TO ANTICIPATE THE PROGNOSIS IN EACH CASE, ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED. MEASURES TAKEN FOR REDUCTION OF PAIN AND INFLAMMATION ARE NOTED, AND AN EXPLANATION IS GIVEN FOR DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED DUE TO ADVERSE WORKING CONDITIONS AND THE SERIOUS CLINICL MANIFESTATIONS PRESENTED BY VARIOUS PATIENTS CONCOMITANTLY WITH THEIR LESIONS. ALSO NOTED IS THE DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING CREDIBILITY INFORMATION REGARDING EXPOSURE, SUCH AS SOURCE-TO-OBJECT DISTANCE, DURATION OF EXPOSURE, AND SOURCE ACTIVITY, WHICH PRECLUDED DOSIMETRY STUDIES IN MOST CASES.