Radiobiology and Radiation Hormesis : New Evidence and its Implications for Medicine and Society

• Main Author: Sanders, Charles L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319563725
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56372-5
• Physical Description: XI, 273 p. 63 illus., 42 illus. in color. online resource.

This book presents new information on radiobiology that more clearly refutes the linear no-threshold (LNT) assumption and supports radiation hormesis. Fresh light is cast on the mechanisms of radiation hormesis and the potential benefits of low-dose ionizing radiation in preventing and treating a wi...