Medical Response to Effects of Ionizing Radiation

1. Auflage 1989
ISBN: 978-1-85166-385-9
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 657 g

Proceedings of a Conference on Medical Response to Effects of Ionizing Radiation held at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, UK, 28-30 June 1989.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crosbie, W. A.

Crosbie, W.A.

Gittus, J.H.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; The medical implications of nuclear power plant accidents; Setting the scenario—potential hazards of the nuclear fuel cycle; The medical management of radiation casualties; Medical management of the patient immunosuppressed by ionising Radiation; The Goiânia accident; Current radiation risk estimates and implications for the health consequences of Windscale, TMI and Chernobyl accidents; The role of biological dosimetry in a radiological accident in the UK; Some priorities in experimental radiobiology; Arrangements for dealing with emergencies at civil nuclear installations; The National Response Plan and Radioactive Incident Monitoring Network(RIMNET); The role of MAFF following a nuclear accident; Medical response to effects of ionising radiation: resources for coping with an event, the role of the Community Physician; Local emergency arrangements for radiation accidents; Monitoring and assessment of radiation exposure from routine radioactive discharges, and its relevance to the question of disease clusters; Studies of leukaemia incidence in Scotland; The relevance of population mixing to the aetiology of childhood leukaemia; The role of ionising radiation in the aetiology of the leukaemias; A method of detecting spatial clustering of disease; Prediction of the effect of small doses: inconsistencies in the epidemiological evidence.

Über Autor(innen)

W.A.CROSBIE Authority Chief Medical Officer, UKAEA and J.H.GITTUS Director, Communication & Information, UKAEA.