Radiation and health. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Radiation & health
• Uniform Title: Str⁰aling og helse.
• Further Information: Note: Thormod Henriksen and H. David Maillie.
• Other Names: Henriksen, Thormod, 1928-; Maillie, H. David
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (140 pages)
• Subjects: 571.45; Radiobiology; Radiation -- Physiological effect; Plants -- Effect of radiation on; Plants -- Effect of radioactive pollution on; Animal populations -- Effect of radiation on; Radiation, Background; Radiation Effects; Radioactivity; Background Radiation; Radiobiologie; Rayonnement -- Effets physiologiques; Plantes, Effets du rayonnement sur les; Plantes, Effets de la pollution radioactive sur les; Animaux -- Populations, Effets du rayonnement sur les; Fond de rayonnement; Animal populations -- Effect of radiation on; Plants -- Effect of radiation on; Plants -- Effect of radioactive pollution on; Radiation, Background; Radiation -- Physiological effect; Radiobiology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351494915; 1351494910
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.