Citation

Jalil A, Molla MA. Health Phys. 1989; 57(1): 117-119.

Affiliation

Health Physics Division, Atomic Energy Centre, Ramna, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Health Physics Society, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2526106

Abstract

An industrial radiographer was accidentally exposed to a high dose of ionizing radiation from an 192Ir source during radiography of weldjoints in gas pipelines. Some symptoms of high radiation exposure occurred immediately after the incident. The clinical effect of skin erythema developed within 7 d, leading to progressive tissue deterioration. The dose to the body was estimated to be about 2-3 Gy, and the dose to the fingertips was approximately 24 Gy.

Language: en