Acute radiation syndrome (ARS) is a clinical syndrome involving four organ systems,
resulting in the hematopoietic syndrome (HS), gastrointestinal subsyndrome (GIS) …

Background Studies on human health and ecological effects of ionizing radiation are rapidly
evolving as innovative technologies arise and the body of scientific knowledge grows …

The fear of radiation has been present almost since the discovery of radiation, but has
intensified since the “dawn of the atomic age” over 75 y ago. This fear has often served as …

Nuclear accidents or acts of terrorism involving radioactive sources might lead to mass
casualties irradiation. The hematopoietic system is one of the most critical and radiation …

Neuroinflammation plays an important role in the onset and progression of
neurodegenerative diseases. The multicomponent and multitarget approach may provide a …

Increasing grasp of disease processes leading to cancer and concomitantly the
establishment of observational data sets for the general population prompted the …

Introduction Radiobiological studies at low dose rates allow us to improve our knowledge of
the mechanisms by which radiation exerts its effects on biological systems following chronic …

Prior to observing low-dose-induced cell signaling and adaptive protection, radiogenic
stochastic effects were assumed to be linearly related to absorbed dose. Now, abundant …

The linear no-threshold (linear-non-threshold) model is a dose-response model that has
long served as the foundation of the international radiation protection framework, which …

Radiography examinations have been increasing steadily for decades, 1, 2 and there is no
safe level of radiation exposure. In the United States, approximately 400 million radiology …