1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456604003321

Autore

Fajardo Luis Felipe

Titolo

Radiation pathology [[electronic resource] /] / Luis Felipe Fajardo L-G, Morgan Berthrong, Robert E. Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2001

ISBN

1-280-76129-6

9786610761296

0-19-974770-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (471 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersonRobert E <1931-2009.> (Robert Edwin)

BerthrongMorgan

Disciplina

616.9/897

Soggetti

Radiation - Toxicology

Radiation injuries - Pathophysiology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""1. Basic radiation, physics, chemistry, and biology""; ""2. Exposures of human populations to ionizing radiation""; ""3. Acute radiation syndromes""; ""4. Mutations and genetic effects""; ""5. Consequences of fetal and childhood exposures""; ""6. Radiation-induced life shortening""; ""7. Radiation and host defense mechanisms""; ""8. Radiation carcinogenesis""; ""9. Diagnostic radiology""; ""10. Techniques and technology in the practice of radiotherapy""; ""11. Overview of radiation injury in organs and tissues""; ""12. Cardiovascular system""; ""HEART""; ""BLOOD VESSELS""

""13. Respiratory tract""""LARYNX""; ""LUNG""; ""14. Alimentary tract""; ""ORAL CAVITY AND PHARYNX""; ""ESOPHAGUS""; ""STOMACH""; ""SMALL INTESTINE""; ""LARGE INTESTINE AND ANAL CANAL""; ""15. Liver""; ""16. Pancreas""; ""17. Salivary Glands""; ""18. Urinary system""; ""KIDNEY""; ""URETERS AND URINARY BLADDER""; ""19. Female reproductive organs""; ""20. Mammary glands""; ""THE FEMALE BREAST""; ""THE MALE BREAST""; ""21. Male reproductive organs""; ""TESTIS""; ""PROSTATE""; ""PENIS""; ""22. Endocrine glands""; ""HYPOTHALAMIC-HYPOPHYSEAL AXIS""; ""THYROID""; ""PARATHYROID GLANDS""



""ADRENAL GLANDS""""23. Nervous system""; ""CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM""; ""SPINAL CORD""; ""PERIPHERAL NERVES""; ""24. Musculoskeletal system""; ""BONES""; ""SKELETAL MUSCLES""; ""25. Hematopoietic tissue""; ""26. Lymphoreticular system""; ""27. Organs of special senses""; ""EYE AND ITS ADNEXA""; ""EAR""; ""28. Skin""; ""29. Differential diagnosis of atypical cells in irradiated tissues""; ""30. Risk assessment""; ""Epilogue""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

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2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910808325203321

Autore

Atkinson Damian

Titolo

The selected letters of Alice Meynell : poet and essayist / / edited by Damian Atkinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

2013

ISBN

1-4438-6356-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 p.)

Disciplina

828.809

Soggetti

Authors, English - 19th century

Authors, English - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; SOURCES OF LETTERS AND SHORT TITLES; A CHRONOLOGY OF ALICE MEYNELL1847-1922; THE LETTERS 1858-1922; EARLY YEARS AND LITERATURE1 MARCH 1858-27 AUGUST 1901; AMERICA AND HOME24 SEPTEMBER 1901-11 JULY 1914; THE WAR AND FINAL YEARS5 AUGUST 1914-31 OCTOBER 1922; INDEX OF RECIPIENTS; GENERAL INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The Catholic convert and women of letters Alice Meynell (1847-1922) ranks as a sophisticated essayist and poet of the late Victorian period and the early twentieth century. She had the advantage of an educated



father and a musical mother who spent much of their early time with the family visiting Europe, especially Italy. Alice's father was a friend of Dickens and her mother was admired by Dickens. Alice and her sister Elizabeth, later the famed artist Lady Butler, were educated privately and...