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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830088503321

Titolo

Health impacts of large releases of radionuclides [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; New York, : J. Wiley & Sons, 1997

ISBN

1-282-34801-9

9786612348013

0-470-51500-7

0-470-51527-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 203

Altri autori (Persone)

LakeJ. V

BockGregory

CardewGail

Disciplina

363.17

363.1799

Soggetti

Radioactive pollution - Health aspects

Radioecology

Radioactive pollution - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Editors: John V. Lake, Gregory R. Bock (organizers), and Gail Cardew"--Contents.

"Symposium on health impacts of large releases of radionuclides, held in collaboration with the European Environmental Research Organisation, at the Hotel St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia on 27-29 February 1996"--Contents.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

HEALTH IMPACTS OF LARGE RELEASES OF RADIONUCLIDES; Contents; Participants; Introduction; Physical transport and chemical and biological processes in agricultural systems; The radioecological significance of semi-natural ecosvstems; General discussion I; Transport and processes in freshwater ecosystems; Radioactive contamination of the marine environment; Impacts on plant and animal populations; General discussion II; Roles of micro-organisms in the environmental fate of radionuclides; The fate and impact of radiocontaminants in urban areas

Internal exposure of populations to long-lived radionuclides released into the environmentGeneral discussion III; Interactions with human



nutrition and other indices of population health; Biological effects of prenatal irradiation; Late somatic health effects; Retrospective radiation dose assessment: an overview of physical and biological measures of dose; Cytogenetic effects as quantitative indicators of radiation exposure; Mental health, stress and risk perception: insights from psychological research; Final discussion; Summary; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This up-to-the-minute account examines how radionuclides affect human health. It explores how radionuclides travel through various food chains and how they are transported throughout the terrestrial and aquatic environments.