Acute radiation syndrome: Assessment and management

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 541-546

  Donnelly, Elizabeth H ^a   Nemhauser, Jeffrey B ^b   Smith, James M ^c   Kazzi, Ziad N ^d   Farfán, Eduardo B ^e   Chang, Arthur S ^e   Naeem, Syed F ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Acute radiation syndrome; Radiological emergencies; Rradiation health effects; Rradiation injury

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUTROPENIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED EMESIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCYTOPENIA; PROGNOSIS; RADIOMETRY; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 77953293985     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181ddd571     Document Type: Review

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