Radiation threats and your safety : a guide to preparation and response for professionals and community
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Armin Ansari
- ناشر : Boca Raton, FL : Chapman & Hall/CRC Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
- شابک / ISBN : 9781420083613
Description
Radiation in everyday life -- Radiation 101 -- Accidental radiation emergencies -- Intentional radiation emergencies -- Health effects of radiation -- Environmental effects of radiation -- Psychosocial effects of radiation -- Protecting yourself and your family -- Preparing your family emergency plan -- Medical response to radiation emergencies -- Radiation drugs -- Government response to radiation emergencies -- Responding as professionals -- Responding as a community -- Living with the threat.
Details protocols for accidental and intentional emergencies such as nuclear explosions and dirty bombs. This book shows how to prepare a family emergency plan, covers medical responses to radiation including radiation drugs, and discusses radiation from microwaves and cellular phones as well as food irradiation.
