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| When an acute dose of 1,000 to 5,000 RADs is received, which system is most affected? |
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| When an acute dose of 100 to 1000 RADs is received, which part of the body is most affected? |
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| Bone marrow/hemopoietic system |
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| Which part of the GI system is most radiosensitive? |
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| When an acute dose of 5,000 or more RADs is received, which system is most affected? |
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| What is the definition of a syndrome? |
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| Relationship of specific signs and symptoms to a specific type of trauma or disease process. |
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| In radiation syndrome, the acute trauma which causes the various signs and symptoms (see definition of syndrome) is what? |
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| The ultimate result of radiation syndrome is *** ***. |
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| What does the acronym MST stand for in this context? |
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| The most commonly used method of expressing MST is what? |
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| What does L.D. 50/30 represent? |
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| The dose that would cause 50% of a population to die within 30 days of the exposure. |
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| What is the L.D. 50/30 dose (in RADs) for humans? |
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| Under *** RADs, no death occurs |
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| Without medical intervention, there has been no known survivor of radiation exposure greater than *** RADs |
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| What is the less commonly used method of expressing mean survival time (MST)? |
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| What does L.D. 100/30 represent? |
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| The dose at which 100% of a population will die within 30 days of exposure. |
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| In terms of surviving an acute dose of radiation, the simpler the life form, the more radio*** (resistant/sensitive) it is. |
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| resistant (cockroaches more resistant than humans, etc.) |
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| What is the L.D. 100/30 dose for humans (in RADs)? |
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| What is the L.D. 50/30 dose for rhesus monkeys (in RADs)? |
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| What is the L.D. 50/30 dose for mice (in RADs)? |
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| What is the L.D. 50/30 dose for frogs (in RADs)? |
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| What is the L.D. 50/30 dose for cockroaches (in RADs)? |
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| What is the L.D. 50/30 dose for bacteria (in RADs)? |
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| What is the L.D. 50/30 dose for viruses (in RADs)? |
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| Sources for the information we have on radiation syndrome in humans come, in part, from island populations where we used to test atomic bombs in which ocean? |
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| How has the mafia contributed to our knowledge of radiation syndrome? |
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| In the 40s, 50s, and 60s, they would murder rivals by irradiating them with industrial x-ray machinery, unwittingly creating data for the study of exposure to humans. |
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| What type of people were allowed to "volunteer" to be irradiated in the 20s and 30s? |
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| Convicts (they were allowed to go free if the survived.) |
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