Appendix Figure 1. Summary of a medical record of a patient injured in a radiation accident. Shown are the absolute leukocyte count (top left panel), estimated organ dose (top right panel), areas of skin injury (middle panels), injury to oral cavity and gastrointestinal system (bottom left panel), and body position relative to the radioactive source (bottom right panel) as a function of time after the exposure. To convert cells/mm³ to x10⁹ cells/L, multiply by 0.001. Redrawn with permission from reference 29.

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