Published 1980 | Version v1
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1967 radiation accident near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a follow-up report

  • 1. Gulf Oil Corp., Hammarville, PA

Description

On 4 October 1967, three technicians were simultaneously accidentally exposed to whole-body radiation from a Van de Graaff linear accelerator. The accelerator generated electrons down a tube at a target of gold, where a steady stream of x-rays was produced. The clinical course, treatment of the acute and chronic changes, and the current health status of the three patients serve as the basis of this report

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Elsevier North Holland, Inc.
Imprint Place
New York, NY
Imprint Title
Medical basis for radiation accident preparedness
Journal Page Range
p. 131-140.

Conference

Title
Radiation accident preparedness conference.
Dates
19 - 20 Oct 1979.
Place
Oak Ridge, TN, USA.