Skip to content

Radiation Biophysics

Best in textbook rentals since 2012!

ISBN-10: 0120530856

ISBN-13: 9780120530854

Edition: 2nd 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Edward L. Alpen

List price: $165.00
Shipping box This item qualifies for FREE shipping.
Blue ribbon 30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!
what's this?
Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:
Carrot Coin icon
XP icon
You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

This volume begins by covering the fundamental concepts of the physics of radiation and radioactivity, then progresses through the chemistry and biology of the interaction of radiation with living systems.
Customers also bought

Book details

List price: $165.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 10/22/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 484
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 1.782

Introduction: A Historical Perspective
Quantities and Units and Definitions
Electromagnetic Radiation
Radioactivity
Interaction of Radiation with Matter
Energy Transfer Processes
Radiation Chemistry
Theories and Models, Cell Survival
Survival Curve and Its Significance
Modification of Radiation Response
Radiation Biology of Normal and Neoplastic Tissue Systems
Late Effects of Radiation on Normal Tissues--Non Stochastic Effects
Stochastic Effects--Radiation Carcinogenesis
Stochastic Effects, Genetic Effects of Ionizing Radiation
High LET Radiation Effects
Metabolism and Biological Effects of Deposited Radionuclides
Radiation Exposure from Natural Background and other Sources
Appendix
Author Index
Subject Index