Medical treatment of radiation injuries-Current US status

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 1063-1074

  Jarrett, D G ^a   Sedlak, R G ^b   Dickerson, W E ^b   Reeves, G I ^c  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Northrop Grumman IT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute radiation sickness; Acute radiation syndrome; Biodosimetry; Bone marrow injury; Chernobyl; Contamination; Cytokines; Dirty bomb; Disaster management; Mass casualty; Neutropenia; Nuclear explosion; Nuclear incident; Radiation; Radiation exposure; Radiation injury; Treatment of radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES;

ACUTE RADIATION SICKNESS; ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME; DIRTY BOMB; NUCLEAR INCIDENT; RADIATION INJURY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 34548742232     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.05.028     Document Type: Review

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