Radiation Effects

 


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Reprinted by permission of Dick Berg, University of Maryland, for use on this website.

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Principle :   Physiology, Environmental hazards, safety.
Area of Study :  Physiology, Biology  
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Procedure :   The effects of different types of radiation on the human body are discussed.
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 Web Links
Virtual Radiation Museum www.medphysics.wisc.edu/~vrm

 

More on Radiation gathered by John R. Cameron at University of Wisconsin

www.medphysics.wisc.edu/~jrc/articles.htm

 

 

   References

Walert R. Steiger, "A Radioactive Tracer in Medicine", TPT, Vol. 37, # 7, Oct. 1999, p. 408.

Ludwik Kowalski, "Will New Technology Solve the Nuclear Waste Problem?", TPT, Vol. 35 # 1, Feb. 1997, p. 126.

Carl Fields, "Radiation From Video Display Terminals?", TPT, Vol. 25, # 4, Apr. 1987, p. 213.

 

Theodore J. Wang, "Visual Responce of the Human Eye to X Radiation", AJP, Vol. 35, # 8, Aug. 1967, p. 779.



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