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This new edition thoroughly reviews all aspects of the effects of ionizing radiation on humans, incorporating important developments occurring in the past nine years. Up-to-date information, compiled from studies on radiation therapy, accidental or occupational exposures, and atomic bomb survivors, includes: assessment and comparison of various radiation sources: assessment of radiation-induced genetic effects: a discussion of radiation induced cancer effects and an evaluation of the literature: the organs: late effects of radiation: radiation and pregnancy: and determining whether specific effects are caused by radiation.