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Time/Dose Effects in Acute Radiation Syndrome -
Acute Clinical Effects of Single-Dose Exposure of Whole-Body Irradiation
Dose Range in gray (Gy)
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0 to 0.75
0.75 to 1.5
1.5 to 3
3 to 5.3
5.3 to 8.3
8.3 to 11
11 to 15
15 to 30
30 to 45
Summary
Caveats and comments
Summary
Adapted from
NATO Handbook on the Medical Aspects of NBC Defensive Operations AMedP-6(B), Chapter 6, General Medical Effects of Nuclear Weapons: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis
, 1 February, 1996.
Note:
Doses in cGy Free in air (not tissue) for whole body exposure.
Data shown to illustrate the range and time frame of effects with increasing dose increments.
Recommendations for treatment in this military document may not be relevant to a mass casualty incident for the civilian population.
See also:
Anno GH, Baum SJ, Withers HR, Young RW.
Symptomatology of acute radiation effects in humans after exposure to doses of 0.5-30 Gy
. Health Phys. 1989 Jun;56(6):821-38. [PubMed Citation]