Dangers of Low Dose Radiation

The Dangers of Low Dose Radiation
Editors: E. B. Burlakova


Low doses of radiation are now accepted as carrying some danger over a lifetime of exposure. Even studying these effects often leads to bureaucratic, political and financial obstacles. This book presents important works examining these effects on the human organism.



Table of Contents:

Introduction; Chapter 1. New Aspects of Regularities in the Action of Low Doses and Low-Level Irradiation (E. B. Burlakova et al.); Chapter 2. Efficiency of Interchange Formation at Low Doses is Determined by Condensation State of Interphase Chromosomes (S. G. Andreev and Yu. A. Eidelman); Chapter 3. Universal Character of the Regularities of Cytogenetic Damage Induced by Low-Level Radiation and the Problem of Genetic Risk Estimation (S. A. Geras?kin and A.V. Sevan?kaev); Chapter 4 Relationship Between Structure Characteristics of Eukaryotic DNA and its Sensitivity to Low-Level Ionizing Radiation (G. P. Zhizhina); Chapter 5 The Modern Aspects of Drosophila Melanogaster Radiobiology. Apoptosis and Aging (V. G. Zainullin et al); Chapter 6. Radioadaptive Response in Human Cells Differing in DNA Repair (G. D. Zasukhina); Chapter 7. Laser Correlation Spectroscopy of Blood Plasma in Diagnostics of Radiation Consequences (M. F. Kiselev et al.); Chapter 8. Mechanisms of the Radiobiological Effects of the Low Intensity Nonionizing Electromagnetic Radiation (Yu B. Kudriashov et al.); Chapter 9. On Some Molecular Mechanisms for the Main Radiobiological Consequences of Ionizing Radiation Effects in Mammals (V. K. Mazurik and V. F. Mikhaylov); Chapter 10. Role of Mental Stress in the Development of Somatic Disorders in Low-Dose Exposed Liquidators of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident (B. B. Moroz and Yu B. Deshevoy); Chapter 11. Radiation-Induced Adaptive Response in Children and the Effect of External and Internal Factors on this Phenomenon (I. I. Pelevina et al); Chapter 12. Low Doses and Problems of Synergistic Interaction of Environmental Factors (V. G. Petin et al); Chapter 13. A Conception of Biological Action of Low-Level Ionizing Radiation: Analysis of the Problem in Terms of Thresholds and the Radiosensitivity/Radioactivity of the Organismic Structures of Different Organizational Levels (L. M. Rozhdestvensky); Chapter 14. On Some New Biophysical and Biological Aspects of the Mechanisms for the Action of Low and Nearby Doses of Ionizing Radiation (of Low LET) on Eukaryotic Cells (D. M. Spitkovsky); Chapter 15. Genetic Effects in Plant Populations in the Zones of the Kyshtym and Chernobyl Accidents (V. A. Shevchenko et al); Chapter 16. The Primary Targets for Radiation in the Low-Dose Effects Initiation are the Cellular Membranes but not the DNA (L. Kh. Eidus); Chapter 17. Radiation and Immunity: The Interference of Ionizing Radiation with Key Immune Processes (A. A. Yarilin); Chapter 18. Persistence of Radiation-Induced Adaptive Response in Mouse Bone Marrow Cells as a Function of Adapting Dose (S. I. Zaichkina); Chapter 19. Remote Consequences of Chernobyl Disaster: Assessment After 13 Years (R. I. Goncharova); Chapter 20. The Application of a Preparation of Natural Origin for the Diminishing of the Biological Effects Under Conditions of Radioactive Pollution and in Radiobiological Experiment (E. N. Goncharenko et al); Index.



Binding: Softcover
Pub. Date: 2005

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