Re: Beta Skin Dose question

[mgoldman@ucdavis.edu (Dr. Marvin Goldman)]

>
>     I am an Instructor at a Nuclear Power Plant and I've heard rumors of a
>     study done at Texas Tech? in which high activity particles were placed
>     on pigs in order to determine the total acute dose at which the
>     earliest non-stochastic effect could be detected. Is anyone familiar
>     with this study, and can you tell me the effect and doses involved?
>     Also as an aside I'd like to know the reasoning behind the use of
>     pigs.
>
>     Thank you.
>
>     Jim Austin
>     austinjd@songs.sce.com
The geomety, pathology, physiology, burn and trauma response of  shaved pig
skin is thought to be closest to that of the human.  I forgot where, but I
think the research was done 2-3 decades ago at Oak Ridge, PNL or University
of Rochester.  (check it out).
Marvin Goldman