Understanding Radiation Biology: From DNA Damage to Cancer and Radiation Risk

This textbook provides a exploration into the action of radiation, taking readers into the cell and discussing the damage and the consequences of radiation exposure to living matter. This book will provide the foundations of radiation biology for undergraduate and graduate students in medical physics, biomedical engineering, and medicine.

Author: Kenneth Chadwick
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 12/02/2019
Pages: 16
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9780367253769

About the Author

Dr. K. H. Chadwick, now retired, worked as a research scientist in the Netherlands before moving to Belgium to manage research contracts on radiation biological effects in the Euratom Radiation Protection Research Programme of the European Commission in Brussels. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal for Radiological Protection for 10 years and is a fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInst P) and the Society for Radiological Protection (FSRP).