Figure 1. Activity found in nose swabs and early faecal excretion for each subject at the MOX facilities. From: Practical action levels for chelation therapy in plutonium inhalation using nose swab Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2007;127(1-4):411-414. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm295 Radiat Prot Dosimetry | © The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Figure 2. Activity found in nose swabs and early faecal excretion for each subject at the reprocessing plant. From: Practical action levels for chelation therapy in plutonium inhalation using nose swab Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2007;127(1-4):411-414. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm295 Radiat Prot Dosimetry | © The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Figure 3. Activity found in nose swabs and early faecal excretion for each subject at the other facilities. From: Practical action levels for chelation therapy in plutonium inhalation using nose swab Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2007;127(1-4):411-414. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm295 Radiat Prot Dosimetry | © The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Figure 4. Cumulative probability of the activity ratio of nose swabs to early faeces. From: Practical action levels for chelation therapy in plutonium inhalation using nose swab Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2007;127(1-4):411-414. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm295 Radiat Prot Dosimetry | © The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Figure 5. Relationship between activity of nose swabs and resulting effective dose for each of the subject (Figure 1–3). Parameter values (α, β) are used in case of <sup>241</sup>Pu or/and <sup>241</sup>Am in early faeces being not available. From: Practical action levels for chelation therapy in plutonium inhalation using nose swab Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2007;127(1-4):411-414. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm295 Radiat Prot Dosimetry | © The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org