Radiation and health
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| Language: | English |
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London New York
Taylor & Francis
2003.
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| Edition: | English ed. |
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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.