Published July 1989
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Journal article
An overexposure in industrial radiography using an 192Ir radionuclide
Description
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
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Health Physics
- Journal Volume
- 57
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Health Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 117-119
- ISSN
- 0017-9078
- CODEN
- HLTPA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 21005964
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; FINGERS; INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY; IRIDIUM 192; MAN; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIODERMATITIS; SKIN; WELDING
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ANIMALS; ARMS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BODY; BODY AREAS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DERMATITIS; DISEASES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; FABRICATION; HANDS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INJURIES; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; IRIDIUM ISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; JOINING; LIMBS; LOCAL RADIATION EFFECTS; MAMMALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; PRIMATES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SKIN DISEASES; TESTING; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES