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200 kVp X-rays (orthovoltage)
Materials: Human peripheral blood (Male 32 yr)
Source: Teletherapy machine (Tokyo Medical Dental University
200 kVp (1 mm Cu added filter)
Victreen dosimeter: Dose rate=0.46 Gy/min
Date: 1968.07.31.
Dose No. of Aberrations Distribution of cells with indicated number of aberrations
(Gy) cells Tet Tri Dic Rc Ra aM F del S Sdel Aber 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
0 500 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 5 0 0 Dics 499 1
D+R 499 1
All 494 4 2
0.2 1500 0 0 17 1 0 8 27 15 18 12 Dics 1483 17
D+R 1482 18
All 1454 39 7
0.5 1000 0 0 45 6 3 11 70 25 22 16 Dics 956 43 1
D+R 947 52 1
All 905 84 11
1 750 0 0 90 8 10 25 119 32 49 30 Dics 666 78 6
D+R 650 92 8
All 578 143 26 3
1.5 500 0 1 162 24 7 61 198 46 100 64 Dics 363 115 18 3 1
D+R 342 127 26 4 1
All 254 155 68 14 5 4
3 250 0 1 194 31 15 60 244 52 101 70 Dics 114 88 38 9 1
D+R 96 91 42 17 4
All 46 82 68 24 18 9 1 1 1
4 200 0 9 280 43 16 101 397 79 118 87 Dics 48 71 41 26 6 5 3
D+R 30 71 45 36 9 2 7
All 12 39 37 33 37 12 15 7 6 1 1
6.08 120 3 26 294 38 48 122 589 246 Dics 4 23 25 25 23 10 8 2
D+R 1 13 24 25 18 18 9 8 3 1
All 6 10 12 11 15 20 16 13 8 5 1 2 1
10 80 3 23 226 25 37 80 472 168 Dics 3 11 18 12 11 10 8 3 1 2 1
D+R 2 9 17 6 9 11 11 6 5 1
All 2 6 9 6 6 7 9 2 5 9 7 2 3 2 2 1 1 1
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