Radiobiology

Radiobiology (also known as radiation biology, and uncommonly as actinobiology) is a field of clinical and basic medical sciences that involves the study of the effects of radiation on living tissue [1] (including ionizing and non-ionizing radiation),[2][3] in particular health effects of radiation.

Ionizing radiation is generally harmful and potentially lethal to living things but can have health benefits in radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer and thyrotoxicosis. Its most common impact is the induction of cancer with a latent period of years or decades after exposure. High doses can cause visually dramatic radiation burns, and/or rapid fatality through acute radiation syndrome. Controlled doses are used for medical imaging and radiotherapy.

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  3. ^ Justesen, Don R. (1 January 1975). "Toward a Prescriptive Grammar for the Radiobiology of Non-Ionising Radiations: Quantities, Definitions, and Units of Absorbed Electromagnetic Energy —An Essay*". Journal of Microwave Power. 10 (4): 343–356. doi:10.1080/00222739.1975.11688971. ISSN 0022-2739.
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