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Radionuclides and Genetic Risks

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Radionuclides in the Food Chain

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Ionizing radiation from natural sources has always been part of the human environment, and that from artifical (man-made) sources, since the beginning of the twentieth century. The fact that exposure to ionizing radiation—irrespective of whether it is from external sources or from internally deposited radionuclides— increases the risk of incurring adverse health effects was dramatically brought to the attention of the public by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Since then, considerable attention has been paid over the years to the levels and effects of radiation.

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Sankaranarayanan, K. (1988). Radionuclides and Genetic Risks. In: Harley, J.H., Schmidt, G.D., Silini, G. (eds) Radionuclides in the Food Chain. ILSI Monographs. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1610-3_18

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