Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also known as radiation sickness or radiation poisoning, is a collection of health effects that are caused by being exposed...

effect of exposure to ionizing radiation), unlike radiation-induced cancer. It is distinct from acute radiation syndrome, in that it occurs at dose rates...

rad delivered to the entire body in less than a day may cause acute radiation syndrome (ARS), but is usually not fatal. Doses of 200 to 1,000 rad delivered...

gray and resulting in acute radiation syndrome. For low level exposures there can be statistically elevated risks of radiation-induced cancer, called...

first accident) and Louis Slotin (in the second accident) suffered acute radiation syndrome and died shortly afterward. At the same time, others present in...

irradiation and radiation sterilization. It is important in predicting likely acute health effects, such as acute radiation syndrome and is used to calculate...

Look up radiation poisoning in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Radiation poisoning may refer to: Acute radiation syndrome, the short-term systemic health...

High doses can cause visually dramatic radiation burns, and/or rapid fatality through acute radiation syndrome. Controlled doses are used for medical...

matter (e.g. water lighting in Cherenkov radiation) or humans (e.g. acute radiation syndrome). Ionizing radiation is used in a wide variety of fields such...

was attributed to "radiation poisoning" using the terminology of the time, but it was due to cancers, not acute radiation syndrome. Radium is known to...

5") were also contaminated by the heavy fallout, experiencing acute radiation syndrome, including the death six months later of Kuboyama Aikichi, the...

reactor. Of the 237 workers hospitalized, 134 showed symptoms of acute radiation syndrome (ARS); 28 of them died within three months. Over the next decade...

X Metabolic syndrome Neotenic complex syndrome, such as identified in Brooke Greenberg Acute radiation syndrome, upon its recognition in 1945 Single X...

chronic neurological and vision problems. Young also suffered from acute radiation syndrome, but recovered. By 28 January 1948 Graves, Kline and Perlman sought...

of approximately 30 people died from immediate blast trauma and acute radiation syndrome (ARS) in the seconds to months after the disaster, respectively...

symptoms of acute radiation syndrome and were sent to the infirmary. Akimov was exposed during his work to a lethal dose of 15-20 Gy of radiation.[page needed]...

chest syndrome Acute coronary syndrome Acute HME syndrome Acute interstitial pneumonitis Acute motor axonal neuropathy Acute radiation syndrome Acute respiratory...

high levels of acute dose. These are tissue effects, such as in acute radiation syndrome, which are also known as deterministic effects. These are effects...

"atomic bomb sickness," now known as acute radiation syndrome. Dr. Sasaki led intensive research into the syndrome in the weeks and months after the bombing...

weapon test at Bikini Atoll on March 1, 1954. The crew suffered acute radiation syndrome (ARS) for a number of weeks after the Bravo test in March. All...

Passy (Haute-Savoie), France, of aplastic anemia likely from exposure to radiation in the course of her scientific research and in the course of her radiological...

100 rem received over a short time period are likely to cause acute radiation syndrome (ARS), possibly leading to death within weeks if left untreated...

ionizing radiation. Eighteen people, including seven children, were admitted to hospital. Ten of the adults developed acute radiation syndrome. One exposed...

material, and soon began to experience the initial effects of acute radiation syndrome. Firefighters ordered by Major Leonid Telyatnikov to ascend the...

older, being male, smoking, previous chemotherapy or radiation therapy, myelodysplastic syndrome, and exposure to the chemical benzene. The underlying...

cutaneous radiation syndrome. Any accident at Los Alamos involving a radioactive substance requires an immediate investigation by a team of radiation monitoring...

of acute radiation syndrome. They were found by other workers and taken to the infirmary. During the accident, he was exposed to a fatal radiation dose...

if used improperly. Exposure to radiation causes damage to living tissue; high doses result in Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), with skin burns, hair loss...

include Down syndrome, Li–Fraumeni syndrome, or neurofibromatosis type 1. Environmental risk factors may include significant radiation exposure or prior...

Food and Drug Administration banned most radiation-based patent medicines in 1932. Acute radiation syndrome (not involved in radium jaw) Radium Dial Company...