Health Topics

Radiation Exposure

Health information topics about 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

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