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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...