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Radiation and health

The book Radiation and health is written by prof. em. Thormod Henriksen. It may be downloaded as a pdf, either in full or chapter by chapter.

Preface

Chapter 1 Radiation is Discovered

Chapter 2 What is Radioactivity?

Chapter 3 Radioactive Decay Laws

Chapter 4 Artificial Radioactive Isotopes

Chapter 5 Activity and Dose

Chapter 6 The Measurement of Radiation

Chapter 7 The Natural Radiation Sources and doses to people

Chapter 8 Nuclear Weapons, Reactor Accidents and Pollution

Chapter 9 Application of radiation in medicine

Chapter 10 Radiation used for therapy – radiation therapy

Chapter 11 Radiation Damage to Biomolecules — From water to DNA

Chapter 12 Cellular radiation damage and repair

Chapter 13 Radiation and health –– Cancer

Chapter 14 Nuclear power – Environment – Climate

Radiation and health - the whole book as one pdf

 

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