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Record Nr.

UNINA9910698552403321

Titolo

Medical consequences of nuclear warfare [[electronic resource] /] / specialty editors, Richard I. Walker, T. Jan Cerveny ; contributing authors, Leonard A. Alt ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bethesda, Md. : , : Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

Alexandria, Va. : , : Defense Nuclear Agency

Falls Church, Va. : , : TMM Publications, Office of the Surgeon General, , [1989]

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic text : HTML file

Collana

Textbook of military medicine. Part I. Warfare, weaponry, and the casualty ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

WalkerRichard I

CervenyT. Jan

AltLeonard A

Soggetti

Nuclear warfare - Health aspects

Radiation injuries

Medicine, Military - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Nuclear events and their consequences -- Acute radiation syndrome in humans -- Triage and treatment of radiation-injured mass casualties -- Treatment of internal radionuclide contamination -- Infectious complications of radiation injury -- Biological assessment of radiation damage -- Behavioral and neurophysiological changes with exposure to ionizing radiation -- Psychological factors in nuclear warfare -- Long-term and low-level effects of ionizing radiation -- Radiological considerations in medical operations -- Prospects for radioprotection.