Published 2003 | Version v1
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Effects of high exposures

Creators

  • 1. CEA Fontenay aux Roses, Dir. des Sciences du Vivant, 92 (France)
  • 2. Institut Gustave Roussy, Service de Medecine Nucleaire et de Cancerologie Endocrinienne, 94 - Villejuif (France)

Description

The effects on health of nuclear toxics range widely according to the cells, tissues and organs they preferentially affect. However, the lungs, bones, thyroid, kidneys, skin and the reproductive system are major targets, lending high priority to research on these organs. (authors)

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Les effets des fortes expositions

Identifiers

URL
http://www.cea.fr/fr/institutions/librairie.htm;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Clefs CEA
Journal Issue
no.48
Series
Full text of the article available at: http://www.cea.fr/fr/institutions/librairie.htm
Journal Page Range
p. 40-46
ISSN
0298-6248
CODEN
CEACES

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
35026874
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Descriptors DEI
CARCINOMAS; CONTAMINATION; GENETIC RADIATION EFFECTS; GENOME MUTATIONS; IODINE 131; NEOPLASMS; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; RADON; RATS; THYROID
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISEASES; ELEMENTS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FLUIDS; GASES; GENETIC EFFECTS; GLANDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; MAMMALS; MUTATIONS; NEOPLASMS; NONMETALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE GASES; RODENTS; VERTEBRATES