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APPENDIX D: COMPUTATION OF I-131 DOSE TO THYROIDS OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN FROM DRINKING MILK FOLLOWING NUCLEAR ATTACK
Pages 65-69

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From page 65...
... Ut cour8e, at Une 6i8tance8 vnere tne tallout i8 neav^, unprotecte6 cattle voul6 de expo8e6 to letnal level8 ot ra6iation. ^l8o, at 8ome ot tne 8lißntlv lover level8, a nu8dan6man voul6 not de adle to take care ot animal8 tor 8ome time vitnout expo8inß nim8elt to more ra6iation tnan i8 toleradle.
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From page 66...
... ^t a 6ovnvin6 6i8tance o1 22O mile8 trom tne a88ume6 6etona» tion, tnere voul6 apparentlv de no ra6iation 8ickne88 amonß tne cattle an6 tne du8dan6man coul6 take care ot tne cattle in tne u8ual manner at tde co8t ot an expo8ure 6o8e to nim8eli ot le88 tdan lOO roentßen8 (over an exten6e6 pericxl ot time) , a88uminß tdat ne 8pent adout 50 per cent oi ni8 time in duil6inß8 vitd a 8niel6inß iactor 01 2 or more.
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From page 67...
... require8 a6^8tment tor tne time at tne deßinninß ot tne uptake cvcle. Ine u8e ot üquation l i8 illu8trate6 onlv tor tne uptake ot I^^^ ircm1 milk tor cov8 ßra2inß on toraße crop8 at x » 330 mile8.
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From page 68...
... . Uidn tne adove parameter8 value8, N..
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From page 69...
... Odviou8l^, it tne per cent retention ot tall» out on toliaße i8 a88ume6 to de tvo in8tea6 ot tne tour u8e6 adove, tnere vill de a corre8pon6inß variation in tne re8ult. 3imilarlv, 6itterinß a88umption8 tor tne nalt re6uction time ot ra6ioio6ine in milk, or tor tne perio6 oi expo8ure, lea6 to 6itterent an8ver8.
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  • tne ranze

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  • tallouli vere

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  • ine concentration
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  • cent retention


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