Radiation and Health

List of contents

Preface. 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. References. Index.

About the author

Thormod Henriksen, David H. Maillie

Summary

Presenting a balanced view of the nature of radiation and its existence in the environment, this title discusses its effects on plants, animals and humans. It provides a survey of knowledge from the discovery and basic theory of radiation and radioactivity to developments concerned with the nature of radiation and its effect on biological systems.

Product details

• Authors: Thormod Henriksen, Henriksen Thormod, David H. Maillie, Maillie David H.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2002
• EAN: 9780415271622
• ISBN: 978-0-415-27162-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 340 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, Science / Environmental Science, Waste Management, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Civil engineering, surveying and building