Published 1983
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Book
Radiation and human health
Creators
Description
An attempt is made in the book to permit a layman to understand radiation and its effects. A basic presentations of radiation physics, the biology of human cancer, teratogenesis and genetics are considered excellent and concise reviews. A discussion on radiation studies is presented. The most extensive part of the book is a discussion of the risks of radiation-induced cancer
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Sierra Club Books.
- Imprint Place
- San Francisco, CA
- Imprint Pagination
- 908 p.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 15009224
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CARCINOMAS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; GENETICS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RISK ANALYSIS; TERATOGENESIS
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOLOGY; DISEASES; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; POPULATIONS