Fig. 4
From: Preparing for a “dirty bomb” attack: the optimum mix of medical countermeasure resources
Costs to save a statistical life year in different age groups after the acute inhalative incorporation of cesium-137 or americium-241 if implementing an “urgent approach” treatment strategy with decorporation starting 12 h after radioactivity exposure. Assumptions: Decorporation treatment threshold level 200 mSv; 1% of the potentially contaminated victims actually need treatment; purchase costs of equipment and antidotes: see method section without discounts