Re: calculation of dose to biota -Reply

[Joyce Davis <JOYCED@DNFSB.GOV>]

In the old days the REM was sometimes defined as "Roentgen Equivalent
Mammal" (and sometimes as "Roentgen Equivalent Man").  That led me to
infer that the RBEs for most mammals were close enough to each other
that at least in the first approximation,  the same one could be applied for
all for HP work.  Reptiles and crustacea,et al, are another story
altogether.
 
J P Davis
joyced@dnfsb.gov