=+5.71 ● The following data on the relationship between degree of exposure to 242Cm alpha radiation particles (x)

and the percentage of exposed cells without aberrations

(y) appeared in the paper “Chromosome Aberrations Induced in Human Lymphocytes by DT Neutrons” (Radiation Research [1984]: 561–573):

x 0.106 0.193 0.511 0.527 y 98 95 87 85 x 1.08 1.62 1.73 2.36 y 75 72 64 55 x 2.72 3.12 3.88 4.18 y 44 41 37 40