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Title:
RADIATION INJURIES: THEIR NATURE AND DIAGNOSIS ( MEDICAL CLINES OF NORTH AMERICA, VOL. 44, NO. 1, JANUARY 1960 )
Author(s):
HASTERLIK, R A [UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO]
Subject Terms:
HREX
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1960 Jan 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0010
Accession Number:
NV0704472
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
RADIATION INJURY MAY OCCUR FROM THE DEPOSITION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS IN THE BODY. THIS HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE, IATROGENICALLY, AND SECONDARY TO THE TESTING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. WHERE THE RADIATION DOSE IS LARGE, AS IN THE CASE OF RADIUM POISONING, THE CLINICAL SYNDROME PRODUCED IS UNIQUE AND THE DIAGNOSIS IS SIMPLE. WHEN DEMONSTRATION OF THE PRESENCE OF RADIUM IN THE BODY BY CERTAIN DOSE IS RELATIVELY SMALL, AS IN THE CASE OF THE DEPOSITION IN THE BODY OF FISSION PRODUCTS FROM NUCLEAR DETONATIONS, THE EFFECTS DO NOT APPEAR AS SPECIFIC CLINICAL SYNDROME BUT MAY RESULT IN A THEORETICAL STATISTICAL INCREASE IN CERTAIN PATHOLOGICAL STATES SUCH AS LEUKEMIA, SHORTENING OF LIFE SPAN, AND DELETERIOUS GENE MUTATIONS.