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IN the course of experiments on tracing the location of radioactive phosphorus injected intradermally1, observations were made concerning the growth of hair. A series of rabbits was given a dose of 1,000 r. or 1,500 r. (100 kV., 7 m.amp., 2 mm. aluminium filter; half-value layer, 0.11 mm. copper; focus–skin distance, 15.5 cm.) through a ‘new moon and sixpence’ pattern in a lead shield backed with ‘Perspex’ (a circular area of 3 cm. diameter separated by a strip of skin 1 cm. in width, from a crescent-shaped exposed area of skin also 1 cm. in width surrounding half its circumference), and a solution containing 0.4 mc. of radioactive phosphorus was injected within the circle immediately after exposure.
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JOLLES, B., GREENING, S. Stimulation of Hair Growth in Rabbits by Ionizing Radiations. Nature 179, 1082 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1791082a0
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