Radiation and health

• Main Author: Henriksen, Thormod, 1928-
• Other Authors: Maillie, H. David
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2003.
• Edition: English ed.
• Subjects: Radiobiology.; Radiation > Physiological effect.; Plants > Effect of radiation on.; Plants > Effect of radioactive pollution on.; Animal populations > Effect of radiation on.; Radiation, Background.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780203166352
• Physical Description: x, 226 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Table of Contents:

• Radiation is discovered
• What is radioactivity?
• Radioactive decay laws
• Activity and dose
• Artificial radioactive isotopes
• The measurement of radiation
• Natural radiation
• Radiation in medicine and research
• Nuclear weapons and reactor accidents
• Radiation and health. Large doses
• Small doses and risk estimates
• Radiation biology - mechanisms
• Radiation and the environment
• Exercises, examples, and scenarios.