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X-Ray Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Kuwait

Abstract

The X-ray Unit of the Department of Physics at the University of Kuwait has been utilized to investigate the effects of massive whole body X-irradiation, using Albino Chichilla rabbits. The effective energy of the X-radiation was determined by experimentally constructing the absorption curve in aluminium. The value of this physical parameter was needed in order to evaluate the total radiation dose used in the present investigation. The effects of the X-irradiation on both the animal growth rates and the spleen indices were investigated and compared with the findings of other workers.