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Estimates of exposure to low-level ionizing radiation and related topics by Wolfgang Kohnlein.
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Useful Radiation Safety Sites and References : Directory of websites with information on radiation safety, (both ionizing and non-ionising); advice on radiation protection; and links to UK legislation.
University of Illinois Radiation Safety : Provides resources, training information, faqs and online safety manual.
Radiation Information Network : Idaho State University site provides information on radiation and its effects and the professions of Radiation Protection.
Technologically-Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM) : Extensive source of information on natural radioactivity in the environment, as well as on issues related to NORM waste materials.
Radnet : Information about past releases and dispersion of radionuclides in the biosphere.
Radiation Safety Resources : Resources in health physics and radiation safety. Focus on radiation cleanup standards and risk of low level radiation.
Radiation Injury : Overview and fact sheet from the Merck Manual Home Edition.
Radiation Effects Research Foundation : Private, nonprofit Japanese foundation, supported by the U.S. and Japan governments, that conducts research and studies on the effects of radiation exposure on humans with a view toward contributing to the maintenance of the health and welfare of atomic-bomb survivors and to the enhancement of the health of all people. Laboratories in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
NukeWorker.com : Discussion, study materials, and employment information for workers in the nuclear power industry, primarily geared towards Health Physics Technician / Radiological Control Technicians (RCT).
Radiation and Life : Short introduction to the subject.
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Researchers Gain Insights Into Aging in Mice (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Stanford University
researchers have linked two previously thought-to-be-separate pathways
tied to aging, at least in mice, leading to more thought that physically
getting older is an orderly and deliberate genetic occurrence. |
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First Americans Arrived on 2 Separate Paths (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic evidence suggests that two
different waves of people migrated from what is now Siberia at about the
same time to become the first settlers in the Americas, a new report
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Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a wake-up call to the
millions of American men and women with type 2 diabetes: Snoring at night
or nodding off during the day may be symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea,
a potentially life-threatening problem affecting one out of three
diabetics. |
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Preparing for a Chlorine Gas Disaster (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- On a January night in 2005, a
freight train with three tanker cars -- each loaded with 90 tons of
chlorine -- slammed into a parked locomotive in the center of
Graniteville, S.C., a town of 7,000 people about 15 miles from Augusta,
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