CLEVNET Help
Search ResultsJournal Articles
8 Results Found Subscribe to search results
Select All
Switch to list view
Switch to thumbnail view
00000000LOR-MAIN
Print
1. 
Cover image for Radiation from medical procedures in the pathogenesis of cancer and ischemic heart disease :
Language 
English
Books
1985
Summary 
One-of-a-kind handbook unequaled for practical use by professionals and concerned laypeople. Essentially a usable supplement to Gofman's Radiation and Human Health, it is designed to provide the data needed for evaluating health effects (specifically, risk of cancer) from diagnostic X-rays and to identify opportunities for dose reduction. Easily understood instructions for adjustments and conversions are given. An immense amount of information is organized according to type of X-ray, body part, sex, age, and risk of future disease.
Available: Holds:
Language 
English
Books
1981
Summary 
There is a very large fund of accumulated knowledge concerning the effects of low doses of radiation on human health. Yet, the information available is not very useful in its crude, unintegrated form. A major goal of this book is to present and analyze the evidence concerning effects of low doses of radiation upon humans, and to demonstrate that a systematic and consistent evaluations of the evidence is now possible, with very useful practical results.
Available: Holds:
Language 
English
Regular print
1971
Available: Holds:
Language 
English
Books
1970
Available: Holds:
Language 
English
Books
1995
Summary 
In this impassioned, shocking, and deeply personal story, Alla Yaroshinskaya, then a journalist from Zhitomir, Ukraine, near the Chernobyl power station, describes the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and the bureaucratic and scientific corruption surrounding it. Despite the government's official silence, news and panic spread throughout the USSR and Europe after the horrific accident. Like others, Yaroshinskaya initially fled with her family in hopes of escaping the danger from radioactive fallout that exceeded that of Hiroshima by three hundred times. When she returned home, she discovered that people in highly contaminated areas were being resettled in ones barely less contaminated, that their serious health problems were officially denied, and that people had to eat locally grown contaminated food. Her newspaper refused to publish her stories and instead commissioned another journalist to write more reassuring accounts. Finally, Isvestia published her articles. Despite official pressure, Ya
Available: Holds:
Select All
8 Results Found Subscribe to search results
Limit Search Results
Material Type
Reading Level
Language
Publication Date
This graph shows the distribution of publication dates for use with a date range slider. Switch to Years view for a more detailed breakdown of search results by year.
-