Human Radiation Injury

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Human Radiation Injury is written by Dennis C. Shrieve and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 145115321X (ISBN 10) and 9781451153217 (ISBN 13).

Human Radiation Injury is a concise but thorough presentation of known toxicities of radiation exposure in humans. This unique text is the only single reference available that studies the risks to humans from medical, environmental, and accidental or terrorist-related exposure to radiation. The chapters cover modern understanding of the molecular and cellular events involved in radiation injury, the known dose-effect relationships for human organ systems, and a full discussion of normal tissue toxicity related to therapeutic radiation. Recommended guidelines are outlined and the best available treatments following injury are also detailed. A companion website offers the fully searchable text and an image bank.