Author | Ansari, Armin |
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Title | Radiation threats and your safety [electronic resource] : a guide to preparation and response for professionals and community / Armin Ansari |
Imprint | Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2010 |
Connect to | http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781420083620 |
Descript | xiii, 327 p. : ill |
Radiation in everyday life -- Radiation 101 -- Accidental radiation emergencies -- Intentional radiation emergencies -- Health effects of radiation -- Environmental effects of radiation -- Psychosocial effects of radiation -- Protecting yourself and your family -- Preparing your family emergency plan -- Medical response to radiation emergencies -- Radiation drugs -- Government response to radiation emergencies -- Responding as professionals -- Responding as a community -- Living with the threat