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Compact Bone Tissue
Haversian system
Osteocyte
Blood vessels
S
w,med
= 0.98 for low density lung
=1.01 for soft tissue
=1.03 for soft bone
=1.12 for hard bone
LifeART.
Super Anatomy Collection,
Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins
Given importance of DNA damage, it is reasonable to assume that the
biologically most relevant dose target is the cell nucleus, and that it is best
treated as a water cavity.
Enger et al PMB 2012