Radiation : what it is, what you need to know /
Gale, Robert Peter,author.
Lax, Eric,author.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-256) and index.
Assessing the risks -- Radiation from discovery to today -- The nature of radiation -- Radiation and cancer -- Genetic diseases, birth defects, and irradiated food -- Radiation and medicine -- Bombs -- Nuclear power and radioactive waste -- Summing up.
Radiation.
Environmental health.
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