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Radiation Terrorism: Risks and Effects by drnikahmad is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses the medical effects of radiation exposure from potential terrorist events involving radioactive materials. It describes acute radiation syndrome which can result from high doses of radiation over a short period of time. The effects depend on the radiation dose and can include bone marrow syndrome, gastrointestinal syndrome, and cardiovascular/central nervous system syndrome, with bone marrow syndrome having the lowest survival rate due to destruction of the bone marrow.
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- drnikahmad
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