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During the past decade, relatively few new studies have been initiated on the response of different species to high-dose, total-body irradiation. For information on the LD5q/30d (the dose produces 50 percent lethality within 30 days), one is generally referred to the older literature (e.g., Bond, Fliedner and Archambeau, 1965). Comparison of experimental data reveals considerable variations in LD50 values even after total-body irradiation with conventional X rays, ranging from U to 6 Gy in the monkey, 7.1 to 9 Gy in the rat and from 6.4 to 9 Gy in the mouse (see also Hall, 1978).
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Bond, V.P., Fliedner, T.M. and Archambeau, J. 1965. Mammalian Radiation Lethality. A disturbance in cellular kinetics. Academic Press, USA.
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Broerse, J.J., MacVittie, T.J. (1984). Response of Different Species to High Dose Total Body Irradiation. In: Response of Different Species to Total Body Irradiation. Series in Radiology, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6048-0_1
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