Re: Risk vs B+W

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

Eric Hall's book [Radiobiology for the Radiologist] has a risk table in
which he states that 10 mRem to the bone marrow [chance of death from
leukemia 2 x E-7] is equivalent to smoking 1.5 cigarettes [or driving
3.6 miles on the highway.]  

Aggie
standard disclaimer
Agnes.Barlow@Yale.edu

Craig A. Little wrote:
 I like the idea of somehow relating risk from rad exposure to risk from
cigarette exposure.  
> "risk" from smoking one cigarette and the same from one mrem.  
> that I've seen something like this somewhere before, but can't remember where.
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