Re: fingernail thickness

[Agnes Barlow <Agnes.Barlow@yale.edu>]

The average thickness of fingernails for males is 0.384 mm 
and for females is 0.346 mm [by Testut quoted in ICRP 23, 1975]

Aggie
Agnes.Barlow@Yale.edu
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"Moroney, Roger W" wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have an average value for fingernail thickness? There is a lot
> of body part information in the new rad health handbook but nothing for
> fingernails. I need this to estimate any additional shallow dose due to a
> small amount of I-131 left after decon.
> 
> Roger Moroney
> Health Physicist
> Mallinckrodt, Inc.
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