1st Edition

Radiation and Health

By William Mayneord Copyright 1964
141 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

The English philosopher Jeremy Bentham first defined the term 'mesology,' and its related 'social mesology,' as being the discipline concerned with the effects upon human beings as individuals or in society of meteorological conditions, food and drink, urbanization, sanitation, occupation, domesticity, religion, institutions, laws, and psychological factors. In Radiation and Health, originally... Read more
Introduction; I: The nature, origin and effects of radiation; 1: Radiation and the Metabolism of Radioactive Materials; 2: The Biological Effects of Radiation, Somatic and Genetic; 3: Natural Radioactivity and its Significance; 4: Artificial Radioactivity; 5: Ionizing Radiation of Miscellaneous Origin; II: Some social problems in the control of radiation; 6: Some Problems of Nomenclature; 7: Maximum Permissible Levels of Radiation; 8: Comparative Risks and Advantages; Summary

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