Human radiation toleranceThe acute radiation syndrome in man is clinically bounded by death at high dose levels and by the prodromal syndrome of untoward physiological effects at minimal levels of clinically effective exposure. As in lower animals, man experiences principally three acute modes of death from radiation exposure (Bond et al., 1965). These are known collectively as the lethal radiation syndromes: central nervous system death, gastrointestinal death, and hematopoietic death. The effect of multiple exposure on lethality, the effect of multiple exposure on hematopoietic recovery, and quantitative aspects of cell and tissue repair are discussed.
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19740060091
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Legacy CDMS
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Other - Collected Works
Authors
Lushbaugh, C. C. (Oak Ridge Associated Universities Inc., Oak Ridge, Tenn., United States)