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The Radiological Accident in Istanbul (1998)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         4






















                                     2 packages sold as scrap metal by a new





                                     owner of a premise,                                                                                       not realize what’s





                                     inside. buyer broke open the shielded






                                     containers and exposed to 60Co.












                                     10 person in the proximity fell ill and 6 of





                                     them began to vomit.





                                     ❖ Exposure ~ 2.1 Gy






                                     ❖ Amputated, the 2nd finger a year later.





                                     ❖ Ulcerated 3rd finger 14 months later





                                     ❖ Some ulcerative-necrotic changes have





                                                developed

















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