RE: radium dial painters

["Reynolds, Harold" <harold.reynolds@rfets.gov>]

Try BEIR V, Health Risks of Radon and Other Internally Deposited Alpha
Emitters, National Academy Press

Harry Reynolds
Harold.Reynolds@RFETS.gov
303.966.2708

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mike McNaughton [SMTP:mcnaught%lanl.gov@inet.rfets.gov]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 28, 1998 2:12 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	radium dial painters
> 
> Dear RadSafers
> 
> how much dose did the radium dial painters receive (circa 1925)? I
> know
> this isn't a simple question. I have a graph attributed to J. Newell
> Stannard which indicates that for cumulative doses  of "1,000" or
> less,
> there were no cancers; but the graph has no units, e.g., this might be
> 1,000 rad CEDE, or local tissue dose, etc.
> 
> Are there any references on the web with quantitative data?
> 
> thank you, mike
> 
> "Shlala gashle" (Zulu greeting, meaning "Stay safe")
> mike (mcnaught@LANL.GOV)
>