Radiation threats and your safety
Subtitle: a guide to preparation and response for professionals and community
By: Armin Ansari.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781420083613
Subjects: Ionizing radiation -- Accidents; Ionizing radiation -- Safety measures; Emergency management; Radiation Injuries -- prevention & control; Disaster Planning; Disasters; Radioactive Hazard Release -- prevention & control; Radiologic Health
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Radiation in everyday life; title: Radiation; title: Accidental radiation emergencies; title: Intentional radiation emergencies; title: Health effects of radiation; title: Environmental effects of radiation; title: Psychosocial effects of radiation; title: Protecting yourself and your family; title: Preparing your family emergency plan; title: Medical response to radiation emergencies; title: Radiation drugs; title: Government response to radiation emergencies; title: Responding as professionals; title: Responding as a community; title: Living with the threat.