Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation

• Author(s): Fred A. Mettler, Arthur C. Upton,
• Publisher: W.B. Saunders
• Pages: 430
• ISBN_10: 0721666469
  ISBN_13: 9780721666464
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Allied Health Services / Imaging Technologies , Medical / Infectious Diseases , Medical / Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine , Science / Radiation ,

Description:... This new edition thoroughly reviews all aspects of the effects of ionizing radiation on humans, incorporating important developments occurring in the past nine years. Up-to-date information, compiled from studies on radiation therapy, accidental or occupational exposures, and atomic bomb survivors, includes: assessment and comparison of various radiation sources: assessment of radiation-induced genetic effects: a discussion of radiation induced cancer effects and an evaluation of the literature: the organs: late effects of radiation: radiation and pregnancy: and determining whether specific effects are caused by radiation.