Published 1991
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Ionising radiation and the developing human brain
Description
This article reviews the effects of radiation exposure of the developing human brain. Much of the evidence has come from the prenatally exposed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The effects on development age, mental retardation, head size, neuromuscular performance, intelligence tests, school performance and the occurrence of convulsions are discussed. Other topics covered include the biological nature of the damage to the brain, risk estimates in human and problems in radiation protection. (UK)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press.
- Imprint Place
- Oxford (United Kingdom)
- Imprint Title
- Risks associated with ionising radiations
- Imprint Pagination
- 118 p.
- Journal Volume
- 22
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Annals of the ICRP.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 95-118.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 23011162
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- A-BOMB SURVIVORS; BRAIN; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; HEAD; HIROSHIMA; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEARNING; MAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; NAGASAKI; PRENATAL IRRADIATION; RADIATION HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIZE
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; BODY AREAS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; IRRADIATION; JAPAN; MAMMALS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ORGANS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIMATES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; VERTEBRATES