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Environmental radiation and humans
Authors: Nikolopoulos, Dimitrios
Kottou, Sofia
Giannakopoulos, Panagiotis
Reviewer: Panagiotakis, Georgios
Subject: NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > INDERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS AND RELATED AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY > BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL PHYSICS
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > > >
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > PUBLIC HEALTH
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > GLOBAL HEALTH
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > PUBLIC HEALTH > RADIOLOGIC HEALTH
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > POLITICAL SCIENCES > FIELDS OF POLICY > HEALTH POLICY
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > LIFE SCIENCES > RADIOBIOLOGY > RADIOECOLOGY
Keywords:
Radon And Progeny
Gamma-radiation
Cosmic Radiation
Electromagnetic Radiation
Environmental Radionuclides
Natural Radiation
Natural Radiation Environment-norm
Applied Radiation
Nuclides Of Human Body
Food Radioactivity
Activity Of Water Resources
Natural Activity In Spas And Caves
Natural And Man-made Sources
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Abstract:
This electronic textbook attempts to fill a gap in Greek literature on the symbiotic relationship between human life and radiation. From conception to death, humans are subject to direct and indirect radiation from a variety of sources, such as alpha, beta, and gamma radiation from radon and its derivatives, protons, mesons, gamma and electromagnetic radiation from the universe, as well as alpha, beta, and gamma radiation from various environmental radioisotopes in the air, water, soil, building materials, and the human body. Background radiation, also known as the Natural Radiation Environment (NREV), varies with human influence, such as the mining and processing of natural uranium and the use of lignite. Added to this is the impact from sources originating from technological and military uses, nuclear accidents (Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima), nuclear testing, the use of depleted uranium and, more generally, the development of nuclear technology. Electromagnetic radiation from power transmission pylons, telecommunications, radar and radio can now also be considered as sources of NREV. In particular, the last few decades have seen a dramatic increase in the number of mobile phone base stations due to the widespread use of mobile phones. Special mention should be made of the medical uses of radiation in radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiotherapy. Additional sources of radiation include other applications such as spa treatments and cave visits. The energy deposited in the human body by radiation poses risks that are quantified on the basis of dosimetry and epidemiology studies of highly exposed populations.
Linguistic Editors: Nika, Eleni
Technical Editors: Kokolakis, Antonios
Graphic Editors: Zinas, Nikolaos
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 2015
Item Details:
ISBN 978-960-603-187-8
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-502
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/5355
Bibliographic Reference: Nikolopoulos, D., Kottou, S., & Giannakopoulos, P. (2015). Environmental radiation and humans [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-502
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Introduction - Physics of ambient radiation
2. Natural radiation environment - Sources of human exposure to ionizing radiation - Natural Sources
3. Natural radiation environment - Ionizing radiation - Radon and daughter derivatives
4. Technology and Ionizing Radiation - Impact of Technology on Natural & Artificial Sources
5. Non-Ionizing Electromagnetic Radiation and exposure of the human body
Number of pages 184
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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