Published 1975 | Version v1
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Radiation effects and ageing

Creators

  • 1. Bern Univ. (Switzerland). Pathologisches Inst.

Description

This review deals with late somatic effects of ionizing radiation, mainly following whole body exposure, and their partial resemblance to what is generally referred to as 'premature and/or accelerated ageing'. Emphasis is given to results indicating that not all age-dependant diseases or degenerative disorders are hastened by radiation. Mention is made of ongoing, large-scale experiments in various laboratories dealing with effects of protracted external radiation by fission neutrons and gamma rays which may be a hazard in view of the developing reactor industry. For the same reason, long-term effects of inhaled radionuclides are shortly reviewed. (orig.)

Abstract (German)

In dieser kurzen Uebersicht werden die somatischen Spaetwirkungen nach ionisierender Bestrahlung - insbesondere nach Ganzkoerperexposition - erlaeutert und daraufhin geprueft, ob sie einer 'vorzeitigen und/oder beschleunigten Alterung' verglichen werden koennen. Tierexperimentelle Befunde und einzelne Beobachtungen am Menschen deuten darauf hin, dass nicht alle altersabhaengigen, neoplastischen oder nicht-neoplastischen Krankheiten und/oder sog. degenerativen Gewebeveraenderungen durch die Bestrahlung eine Beschleunigung und/oder Foerderung erfahren. Im Hinblick auf die zunehmende Verwendung von Kernenergie werden auch die Folgen einer aeusseren Neutronen- und Gammabestrahlung sowie der Inhalation von Transuranium-Elementen erwaehnt. (orig.)

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (German)
Strahlenwirkungen und Alterungsvorgaenge

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
23 p.
Report number
AED-Conf--75-169-004

Conference

Title
59. meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Pathologie and 24. meeting of the Europaeische Gesellschaft fuer Veterinaerpathologie.
Dates
19 May 1975.
Place
Kiel, F.R. Germany.

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
6213038
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
AGE DEPENDENCE; CELL KILLING; CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS; CRITICAL ORGANS; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; GENETIC RADIATION EFFECTS; INHALATION; INTERNAL IRRADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LIFE SPAN; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSE UNITS; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; RATS; REACTORS; SOMATIC MUTATIONS; TERATOGENESIS; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; DISEASES; EXTERNAL IRRADIATION; GENETIC EFFECTS; INTAKE; IRRADIATION; KINETICS; MAMMALS; MUTATIONS; ORGANS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; RODENTS; UNITS; VERTEBRATES

Optional Information

Notes
3 figs.; 1 tab.; 52 refs. With abstract in English and German. Available from ZAED.