Effects of A-Bomb Radiation on the Human Body

by Itsuzo Shigematsu, Brian Harrison, H. Sasaki

In recent years, radiation exposure has become a major issue in various parts of the world as the result of nuclear testing and accidents at nuclear power plants such as Chernobyl. In order to help the victims of such events, theInternational Council for theHealth Care of the Radiation-Exposedwas established. This study by the council provides a comprehensive 47-year review of the known radiation-induced health effects on the survivors of the atomic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3718654180
• ISBN13: 9783718654185
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 419 Pages