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Consequences: an overview

During the 10 days

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27 patients were treated

using electrons with the faulty equipment

Of the 27 patients

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15 died as a consequence

of the overexposure

Most of them within 1 year

Radiation injuries of the lung and spinal cord

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Two more died with radiation as a major contributor

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2016-10-05

T Knöös