Lori J. Klein, M.A.L.S., National Library of Medicine
Patricia J. Perentesis, R.N., C.N.M.T., Advisory Committee on Human Radiation
Experiments
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Whole-body irradiation : January 1944 through December
1974 : 229 citations / prepared by Lori J. Klein, Patricia
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WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION
A literature search was performed to identify all English language
publications from 1944 - 1974 possibly involving whole-body irradiation. A
review of this literature was then made by the Advisory Committee on Human
Radiation Experiments and experiments were categorized into human, animal,
instrumentation, and theory. All of the publications which involved whole-body irradiation of humans, reports of accidents and therapy as well as
experiments, were then compiled into this bibliography.
By executive order on January 18, 1994 the Advisory Committee on Human
Radiation Experiments was established by President William J. Clinton. The
function of this committee as decreed by the order was to provide the
established Human Radiation Interagency Working Group with advice and
recommendations on the ethical and scientific standards applicable to human
radiation experiments carried out or sponsored by the United States
Government.
As stated by the order, human radiation experiments means:
1. Experiments on individuals involving intentional exposure to ionizing
radiation. This category does not include common and routine clinical
practices, such as established diagnosis and treatment methods involving
incidental exposures to ionizing radiation.
2. Experiments involving intentional environmental releases of radiation that
(a) were designed to test human health effects of ionizing radiation; or (b)
were designed to test the extent of human exposure to ionizing radiation.
The Advisory Committee would like to thank the staff of the Public Services
Division of the National Library of Medicine who assisted with this
compilation.
SEARCH STRATEGY
This bibliography was prepared for a retrospective look at the field of human
radiation experiments covering the years 1944 - 1974.
The literature for the period of 1944 - 1965 was obtained by manually
reviewing the subject indexes of volumes of Cumulated Index Medicus, Quarterly
Cumulative Index Medicus, and Current List of Medical Literature. Amongst the
terms searched for this bibliography were any terms beginning with radiation,
radioactivity, radionuclide, radiotherapy, radium, or roentgen; also searched
were radiography, radioautography, cesium, cesium isotopes, cobalt, or cobalt
isotopes. Articles in English possibly dealing with this subject and not
specific to animal studies were marked for review by staff of the Advisory
Committee.
For the period of 1966 - 1974, the backfiles of MEDLINE were searched using a
text-word strategy and limiting the results to human and English language.
Words searched included whole or total or entire with body and all irradiat:
or all radiat:, or the acronym tbi. The bibliography produced by this
strategy was then reviewed by
staff of the Advisory Committee.
For more current literature on this topic, the MeSH term Whole Body
Irradiation was used from 1982-1990, and since 1991 the term has been Whole-Body Irradiation. If searching online, Whole-Body Irradiation should be used
to search from 1982 to the present.
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SAMPLE CITATIONS
Citations in this bibliographic series are formatted according to the rules
established for Index Medicus*. Sample journal and monographic chapter
citations appear below.
Journal Article:
Authors Article Title
Mills GC, Burger DO, Schneider M, Levin WC. Effects of whole-body x-irradiation on erythrocyte metabolism. Radiat Res 1963 Nov;20(3):341-9.
Abbreviated Journal Date Volume Issue Pages
Title
Monographic Chapter:
Author Chapter Title Editor Book Title
Craver LF. Tolerance to whole-body irradiation of patients with advanced
cancer. In: Stone RS,editor. Industrial medicine on the Plutonium Project;
survey and collected papers. New York: McGraw Hill; 1951. p. 485-98.
Place of Publication Publisher Date Pages
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*For details of the formats used for references, see the following
publication:
Patrias, Karen. National Library of Medicine recommended formats for
bibliographic citation. Bethesda (MD): The Library; 1991 Apr. Available
from: NTIS, Springfield, VA; PB91-182030.
Abou-Saif N. The status of radiotherapy in cancer. J Egypt Med Assoc
1954;37(7):804-11.
Absorption, whole-body, and organ retention of biologically important
radioisotopic materials. ORINS [reports] 1964 Dec 31;49:98-110.
Anderson EC. Variation of the cesium 137 content of New Mexico residents as a
function of time. Univ Calif Los Alamos Sci Lab 1961 Oct 27;2627:223-5.
Anderson EC, Clinton BE. Cesium 137 levels in people. Univ Calif Los Alamos
Sci Lab 1961 Apr 24;LAMS-2526:106-20.
Anderson RW, Gustafson PF. Concentration of cesium-137 in human rib bone.
Science 1962 Aug 31;137:668.
Andrews GA, Sitterson BW, Kretchmar AL, Brucer M. Accidental radiation
excursion at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant. IV. Preliminary report on clinical and
laboratory effects in the irradiated employees. Health Phys 1959 Oct;2:134-8.
Andrews GA, Sitterson BW, Kretchmar AL, Tanida R. Studies of total-body
irradiation and attempted marrow transplantation in acute leukemia. Acta
Haematol (Basel) 1961;26:129-53.
Arnold P. Total-body irradiation and marrow transplantation. Am J Nurs 1963
Feb;63(2):83-8.
Atkinson JB, Mahoney FJ, Schewartz IR, Hesch JA. Therapy of acute leukemia by
whole-body irradiation and bone marrow transplantation from an identical
normal twin. Blood 1959 Mar;14(3):228-34.
Barnard RD. A note on the depression of blood cholinesterase level following
X-ray therapy and its bearing on the mechanism of radiation sickness. Med Rec
1948 Jun-Jul;161(6-7):350-2.
Bender MA, Gooch PC. Persistent chromosome aberrations in irradiated human
subjects. Radiat Res 1962 Jan;16:44-53.
Bender MA, Gooch PC. Somatic chromosome aberrations induced by human
whole-body irradiation: the Recuplex criticality accident. Radiat Res 1966
Dec;29(4):568-82.
Bergsagel DE. Total body irradiation for myelomatosis. Br Med J 1971 May
8;2(757):325.
Blejer-Prieto H. Neoplastic changes related to ionizing radiation. McGill Med
J 1957 Oct;26(3):157-62.
Bloor RJ. The hazards of medical radiation. Henry Ford Hosp Med Bull 1961
Dec;9:471-4.
Bond VP, Fliedner TM, Cronkite EP, Andrews G. Deoxyribonucleic acid
synthesizing cells in the blood of man and dog exposed to total body
radiation. J Lab Clin Med 1961 May;57:711-7.
Brace K, O'Connell MJ, Vogel V, Schantz A. Total body radiation therapy for
disseminated lymphosarcoma: results of a pilot study. Cancer Chemother Rep
1974 May-Jun;58(3):401-5.
Brewen JG, Preston RJ, Littlefield LG. Radiation-induced human chromosome
aberration yields following an accidental whole-body exposure to 60 Co -rays.
Radiat Res 1972 Mar;49(3):647-56.
Brohult A. Effects of alkoxyglycerols and especially selachyl alcohol on the
bone marrow in connection with irradiation treatment and in leukaemia therapy.
Nature (London) 1958 May 24;181(4621):1484-5.
Brown WM, Buckton KE, McLean AS. Quantitative studies of chromosome
aberrations in man following acute and chronic exposure to x rays and gamma
rays. Lancet 1965 Jun 12;1(7398):1239-41.
Brucer M. Diagnosis and therapy. A. Diagnosis of radiation damage. Conn Med
1964 Apr;28:255-7.
Brucer M. Diagnosis and therapy. B. The treatment of acute radiation damage.
Conn Med 1964 Apr;28(4):258-60.
Brucer M. Diagnosis and therapy. C. The chronic radiation chronic syndrome.
Conn Med 1964 Apr;28:261-3.
Brucer M. Diagnosis and therapy. D. A suggested plan of medical action. Conn
Med 1964 Apr;28:264-5.
Brucer M. A total-body irradiator. Int J Appl Radiat Isot 1961 Apr;10:99-105.
Buckner CD, Clift RA, Fefer A, Neiman PE, Storb R, Thomas ED. Treatment of
blastic transformation of chronic granulocytic leukemia by high dose
cyclophosphamide, total body irradiation and infusion of cryopreserved
