A Radiosensitive Insect. Median Lethal Dose for Whole-body Irradiation with Cobalt 60 Gamma Rays ofLocusta migratoria migratorioides R. et F.
- 1 September 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 40 (477) , 711-712
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-40-477-711
Abstract
Whole-body irradiation of locusts showed the median lethal dose for these insects to be 1024 ([plus or minus] 13) rads, comparable to that for mammals.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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