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. 2011 Dec;84(Spec Iss 1):S011–S018. doi: 10.1259/bjr/67509851

Table 1. Data (point estimates) taken from Carabe-Fernandez et al [4] and used in this report.

Assay Low LET α/β RBEmax RBEmin
Oesophagus, LD50 16.24 3.05 2.27
Bone marrow (haematocrit) 1.15 26.33 1.19
Kidney (EDTA) 1.22 20.58 1.35
Kidney 2.23 15.85 0.73
Mouse skin 17.42 5.35 0.41
Colorectal, LD50(2 months) 28.96 5.70 1.46
Colorectal, LD50(15 months) 3.11 12.56 0.41
Lung (28 weeks) 2.93 7.63 0.58
Lung LD50 (28 weeks) 5.95 5.19 0.99
Lung LD50 (68 weeks) 2.32 8.62 0.72
Pig skin (acute) 15.17 3.46 0.71
Pig skin (late) 5.25 4.26 0.91

EDTA, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; LD50, lethal dose for 50%; LET, linear energy transfer; RBEmax, maximum value of relative biological effect; RBEmin, minimum value of relative biological effect.