This would suggest that the children had received total doses of less than 100microsieverts, many thousands of times lower than was received by people living in contaminated areas around Chernobyl. (scientificamerican.com)
The drugs and placebo were provided to paramedics in indistinguishable boxes containing three syringes, each containing a third of the maximum total dose, to ensure that neither patients nor care providers knew which treatment was used for a given patient. (sciencedaily.com)
In the FCM arm, the median total dose was 1500 mg of iron during the one year study period (ranging from 500 to 3500 mg of iron). (sciencedaily.com)