THE ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME: A STUDY OF NINE CASES AND A REVIEW OF THE PROBLEM*

  1. LOUIS H. HEMPELMANN
    Rochester, New York
    ;
  2. HERMANN LISCO
    Chicago, Illinois
    ; and
  3. JOSEPH G. HOFFMAN
    Buffalo, New York

    Excerpt

    A collaborative clinical investigation by the following members (or former members) of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and the Argonne National Laboratory:

    J. Garrott Allen Norman P. Knowlton

    E. S. G. Barron Wright Langham

    Annamae Dickie Alfred M. Large

    Paul O. Hagemann Hermann Lisco

    Louis H. Hempelmann Ann Perley

    Joseph G. Hoffman Sam S. Schwartz

    Elaine Katz Harry O. Whipple

    and their associates

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    PAGE

    Foreword 281

    Introduction 282

    Highlights of the Case Histories 283

    Section I. The Nature of the Radiation Accidents 288

    Section II. Radiation Doses 290

    Section III. Presentation of the Cases 296

    Case 1

    Article and Author Information

    • * Received for publication June 2, 1951.

    • The material in this monograph is published by authority of the Atomic Energy Commission and is covered by copyright. Republication of any portion of it is not permissible without the consent of the Atomic Energy Commission.

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