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. 2021 Nov 23;122(1):54–83. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000001504

Table D3.

Variation of the external dose rate, normalized to the effective dose rate, for all radiosensitive organs and tissues (ICRP 2007), for exposure to 137Cs-137mBa (Bellamy et al. 2019).

Organ or tissue Adult Newborn
Active marrow 1.00 0.98
Adrenals 0.90 0.93
Bone surface 1.17 1.11
Brain 1.02 0.94
Breast 1.07 1.03
Colon 0.96 0.97
Esophagus 0.92 0.97
Extrathoracic region 1.01 0.96
Gall bladder 0.80 0.93
Heart 0.92 0.96
Kidneys 0.92 1.02
Liver 0.94 1.03
Lung 1.01 0.96
Lymph 1.04 0.99
Muscle 1.04 0.99
Oral mucosa 1.01 0.95
Ovaries 0.91 0.92
Pancreas 0.80 0.88
Prostate 0.85 0.99
Salivary glands 1.05 0.93
Skin 3.59 2.93
Small intestine 0.92 0.95
Spleen 0.92 0.96
Stomach 0.91 0.93
Testes 0.98 1.03
Thymus 0.91 0.99
Thyroid 0.97 1.06
Urinary bladder 0.96 1.00
Uterus 0.88 1.01