Author | Henriksen, Thormod, 1928- |
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Title | Radiation and health [electronic resource] / Thormod Henriksen and H. David Maillie |
Imprint | London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2003 |
Edition | English ed |
Connect to | http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9780203166352 |
Descript | x, 226 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm |
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