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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Radiat Meas. 2015 Nov 1;82:1–-7. doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2015.07.004

Table 4.

Dose conversion coefficients for dose absorbed in the nail of the middle finger (left hand) to organ, whole body and effective dose at external gamma irradiation in air. Unit: Gy/Gy or Sv/Gy. The statistical uncertainties of the values are 6–9 %.

50 keV
AP PA RLAT LLAT ROT Soil Surface
Dorgan/Dnail
Lung 0.83 0.71 6.40 0.28 0.69 0.54
Thymus 1.35 0.16 4.18 0.20 0.58 0.50
Heart 0.97 0.29 4.48 0.20 0.52 0.41
Liver 0.89 0.46 10.1 0.06 0.61 0.48
Pancreas 0.67 0.50 1.08 0.34 0.50 0.38
Stomach 1.10 0.30 1.16 0.46 0.59 0.48
Testes 1.43 0.22 3.00 0.15 0.59 0.75
Genitalia 1.34 0.25 3.18 0.16 0.58 0.70
Brain 0.44 0.36 10.1 0.49 0.59 0.40
Eyes 1.20 0.07 12.6 0.61 0.78 0.64
Thyroid 0.90 0.20 10.8 0.54 0.69 0.43
Ovaries 0.65 0.46 3.15 0.16 0.46 0.36
Breast 1.65 0.27 13.2 0.65 1.00 0.94
Skin 0.81 0.62 10.0 0.49 0.79 0.89
Uterus 0.78 0.39 2.75 0.14 0.46 0.39
Bladder 1.11 0.27 3.41 0.17 0.53 0.50
Kidney 0.27 0.97 4.88 0.24 0.59 0.51
Colon 0.71 0.45 1.13 0.30 0.49 0.41
Oesoph 0.39 0.39 4.08 0.24 0.40 0.28
Red Bone Marrow 0.36 0.54 5.11 0.25 0.47 0.16
Whole body 0.88 0.69 8.85 0.44 0.80 0.75
Effective dose 0.88 0.44 5.00 0.30 0.59 0.49
250 keV
AP PA RLAT LLAT ROT Soil Surface
Dorgan/Dnail
Lung 0.91 0.98 11.3 0.47 0.94 0.79
Thymus 1.23 0.41 10.2 0.45 0.83 0.68
Heart 1.03 0.60 11.0 0.46 0.85 0.71
Liver 0.96 0.76 16.1 0.19 0.86 0.76
Pancreas 0.86 0.84 4.42 0.60 0.82 0.72
Stomach 1.10 0.61 4.23 0.69 0.85 0.73
Testes 1.23 0.53 7.85 0.35 0.80 0.84
Genitalia 1.19 0.56 8.11 0.36 0.81 0.84
Brain 0.68 0.67 17.2 0.77 0.95 0.70
Eyes 1.17 0.24 19.3 0.87 1.03 0.91
Thyroid 0.99 0.51 17.9 0.80 1.02 0.75
Ovaries 0.86 0.81 8.26 0.37 0.79 0.69
Breast 1.52 0.67 19.2 0.86 1.28 1.10
Skin 0.87 0.85 14.6 0.65 1.00 1.04
Uterus 0.94 0.75 7.86 0.36 0.78 0.78
Bladder 1.11 0.58 8.59 0.39 0.81 0.79
Kidney 0.52 1.16 9.89 0.44 0.85 0.75
Colon 0.89 0.80 4.42 0.57 0.81 0.74
Oesoph 0.66 0.84 11.0 0.53 0.83 0.67
Red Bone Marrow 0.70 0.97 12.1 0.54 0.91 0.93
Whole body 0.87 0.85 12.1 0.54 0.92 0.89
Effective dose 0.96 0.76 9.97 0.52 0.89 0.80
670 keV
AP PA RLAT LLAT ROT Soil Surface
Dorgan/Dnail
Lung 0.91 1.02 7.02 0.54 0.99 0.85
Thymus 1.11 0.52 6.77 0.55 0.89 0.76
Heart 0.98 0.69 7.10 0.55 0.91 0.77
Liver 0.93 0.82 9.05 0.27 0.90 0.80
Pancreas 0.87 0.89 3.47 0.62 0.86 0.81
Stomach 1.02 0.71 3.50 0.72 0.89 0.77
Testes 1.12 0.70 5.86 0.47 0.90 0.83
Genitalia 1.08 0.71 5.84 0.47 0.89 0.91
Brain 0.75 0.77 9.73 0.79 1.02 0.74
Eyes 1.18 0.41 11.6 0.94 1.15 1.03
Thyroid 0.96 0.63 10.2 0.84 1.07 0.86
Ovaries 0.86 0.87 5.32 0.45 0.85 0.80
Breast 1.46 0.92 11.6 0.95 1.40 1.22
Skin 0.85 0.88 8.36 0.68 1.01 1.06
Uterus 0.90 0.81 5.36 0.44 0.84 0.80
Bladder 1.02 0.68 5.91 0.48 0.87 0.86
Kidney 0.61 1.11 6.42 0.52 0.90 0.76
Colon 0.88 0.85 3.54 0.61 0.86 0.82
Oesoph 0.72 0.88 6.99 0.60 0.90 0.72
Red Bone Marrow 0.72 0.99 7.18 0.58 0.94 0.95
Whole body 0.87 0.90 7.22 0.59 0.96 0.93
Effective dose 0.94 0.85 6.37 0.59 0.94 0.86
1.25 MeV
AP PA RLAT LLAT ROT Soil Surface
Dorgan/Dnail
Lung 1.13 1.14 2.96 0.70 1.14 0.93
Thymus 1.29 0.67 2.93 0.72 1.05 0.81
Heart 1.17 0.83 3.04 0.72 1.07 0.81
Liver 1.13 0.95 3.58 0.42 1.04 0.87
Pancreas 1.05 0.99 1.69 0.78 0.99 0.90
Stomach 1.20 0.86 1.75 0.87 1.03 0.88
Testes 1.31 0.87 2.65 0.66 1.07 0.93
Genitalia 1.27 0.89 2.63 0.64 1.06 0.96
Brain 0.97 0.92 3.83 0.95 1.18 0.81
Eyes 1.59 0.61 4.62 1.14 1.39 1.22
Thyroid 1.16 0.77 4.02 0.98 1.21 0.92
Ovaries 1.05 0.98 2.41 0.58 0.99 0.82
Breast 1.79 1.20 4.84 1.19 1.66 1.30
Skin 0.92 0.88 3.03 0.75 1.02 1.00
Uterus 1.09 0.94 2.41 0.59 0.99 0.93
Bladder 1.21 0.83 2.61 0.65 1.02 0.90
Kidney 0.83 1.20 2.75 0.69 1.05 0.81
Colon 1.09 0.97 1.75 0.77 1.00 0.88
Oesoph 0.92 1.00 2.99 0.76 1.06 0.80
Red Bone Marrow 0.93 1.07 2.96 0.73 1.07 0.99
Whole body 1.08 1.02 3.00 0.74 1.11 0.99
Effective dose 1.14 0.98 2.75 0.75 1.09 0.93
3.5 MeV
AP PA RLAT LLAT ROT Soil Surface
Dorgan/Dnail
Lung 1.40 1.43 2.31 1.44 1.56 1.14
Thymus 1.53 1.07 2.31 1.53 1.51 1.00
Heart 1.42 1.16 2.35 1.47 1.49 1.03
Liver 1.39 1.27 2.58 1.04 1.45 1.08
Pancreas 1.32 1.31 1.63 1.53 1.42 1.00
Stomach 1.44 1.19 1.68 1.64 1.45 1.07
Testes 1.54 1.23 2.19 1.43 1.52 1.26
Genitalia 1.50 1.23 2.16 1.37 1.49 1.34
Brain 1.29 1.27 2.71 1.73 1.60 1.01
Eyes 2.65 0.95 3.61 2.30 2.19 1.76
Thyroid 1.36 1.18 2.80 1.76 1.62 1.00
Ovaries 1.31 1.30 1.99 1.31 1.41 1.18
Breast 2.32 1.75 3.76 2.37 2.37 1.74
Skin 0.62 0.61 1.20 0.77 0.74 0.75
Uterus 1.33 1.25 2.06 1.30 1.41 1.17
Bladder 1.47 1.17 2.15 1.39 1.46 1.17
Kidney 1.15 1.48 2.21 1.39 1.47 1.07
Colon 1.35 1.29 1.68 1.51 1.42 1.19
Oesoph 1.21 1.28 2.28 1.49 1.46 1.02
Red Bone Marrow 1.20 1.34 2.26 1.44 1.46 1.21
Whole body 1.37 1.36 2.32 1.48 1.54 1.25
Effective dose 1.41 1.31 2.20 1.50 1.52 1.18