Military Radiobiology

James Conklin

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780121840501
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323151443
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Infrastructure
• Index: Social Sciences

Military Radiobiology provides an understanding of the sources and consequences of radiation exposure. Military personnel must develop a working knowledge of postexposure effects in order to determine points of intervention. The medical problems confronting military radiobiology include target damage, which causes decrements in normal performance, physiological injury, and impairments of the immunological-hematological system that lead to life-threatening infectious complications. The book begins by describing the properties of nuclear weapons, including the mechanisms by which nuclear energy is stored within the nucleus, its release, and its conversion to those forces associated with nuclear weapons. This is followed by discussions of the sources, patterns, radiological effects, and management of nuclear fallout; the biological effects of exposure to ionizing radiation released by nuclear weapons; and effects of radiation on the immune system, gastrointestinal physiology, and cardiovascular function. Subsequent chapters cover the diagnosis, triage, and treatment of radiation-associated injuries; internal contamination with radionuclides; radioprotective drugs; psychological reactions to nuclear confrontation; and the response to a nuclear weapon accident.

Table of contents

• Front Page
• Military Radiobiology
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1. Military Radiobiology: A Perspective
• Chapter 2. Physical Principles of Nuclear Weapons
• Chapter 3. Nuclear Weapons Fallout
• Chapter 4. Ionizing Radiations and Their Interactions with Matter
• Chapter 5. Cellular Radiation Biology
• Chapter 6. Radiation Effects on the Lymphohematopoietic System: A Compromise in Immune Competency
• Chapter 7. Effect of Ionizing Radiation on Gastrointestinal Physiology
• Chapter 8. Postirradiation Cardiovascular Dysfunction
• Chapter 9. Acute Radiation Syndrome
• Chapter 10. The Combined Injury Syndrome
• Chapter 11. Mechanisms and Management of Infectious Complications of Combined Injury
• Chapter 12. Diagnosis, Triage, and Treatment of Casualties
• Chapter 13. Internal Contamination with Medically Significant Radionuclides
• Chapter 14. Radioprotectants
• Chapter 15. Psychological Effects of Nuclear Warfare
• Chapter 16. Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Behavior and the Brain
• Chapter 17. Nuclear Weapons Accident Response Procedure
• Chapter 18. Management of Radiation Accidents
• Chapter 19. Medical Operations in Nuclear War
• Chapter 20. Low-Level Effects
• Index