Which of the following statements is true concerning patients who receive radiation exposure from a routine radiographic procedure such as a chest x-ray?
a. Patients are expected to sustain appreciable damage to either the blood or the blood-forming organs as a consequence of the examination.
b. Patients are not expected to sustain appreciable damage to either the blood or the blood-forming organs as a consequence of the examination.
c. Patients are expected to sustain some damage to either the blood or the blood-forming organs as a consequence of the examination.
d. Patients are expected to sustain total damage to either the blood or the blood-forming organs as a consequence of the examination, resulting in fatality.
b. Patients are not expected to sustain appreciable damage to either the blood or the blood-forming organs as a consequence of the examination.
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