radiation sickness


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Synonyms for radiation sickness

syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions)

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Probably the chief reason that public perception persists that nuclear energy is so dangerous is its association with the atomic bomb blasts at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed thousands of Japanese civilians, either by the blasts themselves or by radiation sickness induced by nuclear fallout.
ARS, also known as radiation toxicity or radiation sickness, is an acute illness that presents after exposure to high levels of radiation, caused by a nuclear accident or attack.
Historical perspective is gained by investigating the evolving X-ray protection guidelines in American hospitals and radiation sickness among atomic bomb survivors in Japan.
His comments came as insurers fail to cover schools against radiation sickness. Leading insurance underwriter, CFC Underwriting Ltd, refused to give schools cover for injuries resulting from electromagnetic fields or radiation.
In fact this kind of radioactive fluid will pose severe health hazards like radiation sickness.
A pupil in a high school destroyed that day, she lived on; now known as a "hibakusha" or survivor; fortunate not to die then, or later of radiation sickness.
They do not know where Orion's father, so close to a cure for the radiation sickness, has gone, nor have they heard word from Dram's father, leader of the rebellion.
This global entirety of all nuclear bombs, and radiation sickness from destroyed atomic power plants and nuclear storage, is sufficient to kill all advanced forms of life on the planet.
Global Markets Direct's, 'Radiation Toxicity (Radiation Sickness, Acute Radiation Syndrome) - Pipeline Review, H1 2016', provides an overview of the Radiation Toxicity (Radiation Sickness, Acute Radiation Syndrome) pipeline landscape.
Thirty-one plant workers and firemen died in the immediate aftermath of the accident, most from acute radiation sickness.
This report provides comprehensive information on the therapeutic development for Radiation Toxicity (Radiation Sickness, Acute Radiation Syndrome), complete with comparative analysis at various stages, therapeutics assessment by drug target, mechanism of action (MoA), route of administration (RoA) and molecule type, along with latest updates, and featured news and press releases.