Radiation Exposure

Children

1.	What to Do If There Is a Nuclear or Radiological A Federal Emergency Management Agency http://www.fema.gov/kids/nse/radiological.htm

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	Terms of Radiation Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/terms/index.html




2.	Glossary of Radiological Terms Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/glossary.asp




3.	Acronyms of Radiation Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/terms/acronyms.htm

Directories

1.	Radioactively Contaminated Superfund Sites Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/cleanup/npl_sites.htm

Law and Policy

1.	Radiation Protection Roles Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/risksandrealities/rrpage6.html

National Institutes of Health

1.	What We Know about Radiation National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/health/chip/od/radiation/

Organizations

1.	Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and http://www.epa.gov/oar/




2.	Dept. of Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/




3.	Federal Emergency Management Agency http://www.fema.gov/




4.	National Center for Environmental Health http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/




5.	National Institute of Environmental Health Science http://www.niehs.nih.gov/




6.	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission http://www.nrc.gov/

Overviews

1.	What is Radiation? Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/students/what.html




2.	What Are the Sources of Radiation? U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission http://www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/radiation/sources.html




3.	Understanding Radiation Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/understand/index.html




4.	Ionizing Radiation. Part 2 Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/ionize/402-f-98-010.htm




5.	Ionizing Radiation. Part 1 Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/ionize/402-f-98-009.htm




6.	How Does Radiation Affect the Public? U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission http://www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/radiation/affect.html




7.	Biological Effects of Radiation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/bio-effects-radia...

Pictures/Diagrams

1.	Symbols in Radiation Protection Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/students/symbols.html

Prevention/Screening

1.	What You Need to Know about Shields and Safety American Society of Radiologic Technologists http://www.asrt.org/media/pdf/shields_eng.pdf




2.	Understanding Radiation: Exposure Pathways Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/understand/pathways.htm




3.	Sheltering in Place during a Radiation Emergency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/shelter.asp




4.	Facts about Evacuation during a Radiation Emergenc Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/evacuation.asp




5.	Estimating Risk Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/understand/risk.htm

Related Issues

1.	Frequently Asked Questions about a Radiation Emerg Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/emergencyfaq.asp




2.	Man-Made Radiation: Radiological Emergencies Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/risksandrealities/rrpage5.html




3.	Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency http://www.fema.gov/hazards/nuclear/radiolo.shtm




4.	Nuclear Radiation and the Thyroid American Thyroid Association http://www.thyroid.org/patients/brochures/NuclearRadiation_brochure.pdf




5.	Nuclear Terrorism & Health Effects Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/terrorismqa.asp




6.	Acute Radiation Syndrome Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/ars.asp




7.	What We Learn about Radiation Threats from Movies Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/movies.asp

Specific Conditions

1.	Radioactive Contamination and Radiation Exposure Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/contamination.asp




2.	Man-Made Radiation: Medicine & Nuclear Pow Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/risksandrealities/rrpage4.html




3.	Irradiated Mail Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/sources/mail_irrad.htm




4.	Frequently Asked Questions on Cabinet X-Ray System Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/comp/cabinetxrayfaq.html




5.	Food Irradiation Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/sources/food_irrad.htm




6.	Dirty Bombs Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/dirtybombs.asp




7.	Consumer Products Containing Radioactive Materials Health Physics Society http://hps.org/documents/consumerproducts.pdf




8.	Natural Radiation Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/risksandrealities/rrpage3.html




9.	Microwave Oven Radiation Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/microwave.html




10.	Nasopharyngeal Radium Irradiation (NRI) National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/NRI




11.	Radioactive I-131 from Fallout National Cancer Institute http://cancer.gov/i131




12.	Radioactive Isotopes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/isotopes/index.asp




13.	Smoke Detectors and Radiation Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/sources/smoke_alarm.htm




14.	We Want You to Know about Television Radiation Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/TVRad.html




15.	X-Ray Radiation Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/genpub/topics/x_ray-ccae.html




16.	Radiation Exposure in X-Ray Examinations Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/safety/xray_safety.htm




17.	Nuclear Blast Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/nuclearfaq.asp

Treatment

1.	Facts about DTPA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/dtpa.asp




2.	Facts about Neupogen® Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/neupogenfacts.asp




3.	Frequently Asked Questions on Potassium Iodide (KI Center for Drug Evaluation and Research http://www.fda.gov/cder/drugprepare/KI_Q&A.htm




4.	Home Preparation Procedure for Emergency Administr Center for Drug Evaluation and Research http://www.fda.gov/cder/drugprepare/kiprep.htm




5.	Medical Management of the Acute Radiation Syndrome American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/12/I-51




6.	Potassium Iodide (KI) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/ki.asp




7.	Prussian Blue Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/prussianblue.asp

Women

1.	Are X-Rays Safe during Pregnancy? American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/373.xml




2.	Possible Health Effects of Radiation Exposure on U Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/prenatal.asp