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Radiation Injury Prevention and Mitigation in Humans.
With an estimated 3.3 billion ionizing radiation imaging examinations performed worldwide each year, the growing use of x-ray-based diagnostic procedures raises concerns about long-term health risks, especially cancer. In addition, rapid growth in the number of nuclear power plants around the world...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
CRC Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Author; Chapter 1: Growing Health Concerns with Respect to Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation: Can We Prevent and/or Mitigate Them?; Chapter 2: Physics of Radiological Weapons and Nuclear Reactors; Chapter 3: Acute Radiation Damage by High Doses of Ionizing Radiation in Humans; Chapter 4: Long-Term Damages among Survivors of High Doses of Ionizing Radiation; Chapter 5: Prevention and Mitigation of Acute Radiation Sickness (ARS); Chapter 6: Prevention and Mitigation of Late Adverse Effects of High Radiation Doses.
- Chapter 7: Health Risks of Low Doses of Ionizing RadiationChapter 8: Prevention and Mitigation against Radiological Weapons and Nuclear Plant Accidents; Chapter 9: Prevention and Mitigation of Damage after Low Radiation Doses; Chapter 10: Implementation Plans for Prevention and Mitigation of Radiation Injury; Chapter 11: Health Risks of Nonionizing Radiation and Their Prevention and Mitigation; Back Cover.