An appraisal of the value of the contaminated Poisson method to estimate the dose inhomogeneity in simulated partial-body exposure

The situation in which inhomogeneous radiation exposure is likely to occur with accidental overexposure was simulated by studying chromosome aberrations in mixtures of male irradiated and female nonirradiated lymphocytes. The data were evaluated by means of the contaminated Poisson method. For X-ray...

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Published inRadiation research Vol. 128; no. 1; p. 108
Main Authors Hilali, A, Léonard, E D, Decat, G, Léonard, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.1991
Subjects
Accidents
Chromosome Aberrations
Female
Humans
In Vitro Techniques
Lymphocytes - radiation effects
Male
Models, Biological
Radiation Dosage
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Summary:The situation in which inhomogeneous radiation exposure is likely to occur with accidental overexposure was simulated by studying chromosome aberrations in mixtures of male irradiated and female nonirradiated lymphocytes. The data were evaluated by means of the contaminated Poisson method. For X-ray doses from 1 to 10 Gy and ratios of irradiated to nonirradiated blood from 1:1 to 1:19, a good agreement was found between calculated and applied radiation doses and fractions exposed.
ISSN:0033-7587
DOI:10.2307/3578074