Radiation Injury Prevention and Mitigation in Humans

by Kedar Prasad

Overview

With an estimated 3.3 billion ionizing radiation imaging examinations performed worldwide each year, the growing use of x-ray-based diagnostic procedures raises concerns about long-term health risks, especially cancer. In addition, rapid growth in the number of nuclear power plants around the world increases the risk of a nuclear accident similar t

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466559196
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/13/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	302
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Dr. Kedar N. Prasad obtained a master‘s degree in zoology from the University of Bihar, Ranchi, India, and a PhD in radiation biology from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, in 1963. He received postdoctoral training at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, New York, and joined the Department of Radiology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, where he became a professor and director for the Center for Vitamins and Cancer Research.

Dr. Prasad has published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and authored and edited 15 books in the areas of radiation biology, nutrition and cancer, and nutrition and neurological diseases, particularly Alzheimer‘s disease and Parkinson‘s disease. These articles were published in highly prestigious journals such as Science, Nature, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States. Dr. Prasad has received many honors, including an invitation by the Nobel Prize Committee to nominate a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Medicine for 1982; the 1999 Harold Harper Lecture at the meeting of the American College of Advancement in Medicine; and an award for the best review of 1998 1999 on antioxidants and cancer and 1999 2000 on antioxidants and Parkinson‘s disease by the American College of Nutrition.

Dr. Prasad is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition and served as president of the International Society of Nutrition and Cancer, 1992 2000. He belongs to several professional societies, such as the American Association for Cancer Research and the Radiation Research Society. Currently, he is chief scientific officer of the Premier Micronutrient Corporation.

Table of Contents

Physics of Nuclear Bombs and Nuclear Reactors. Acute Damage by Irradiation with High Doses of Ionizing Radiation in Humans. Long-Term Damages among Survivors of High Doses of Ionizing Radiation. Prevention and Mitigation of Acute Damage Produced by High Doses of Ionizing Radiation. Prevention and Mitigation of Long-Term Damages among Survivors of High Doses of Ionizing Radiation. Health Risks of Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation (Diagnostic Radiation. Prevention and Mitigation of Damages after Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation. Health Risks of Non-Ionizing Radiation (UV Light and Electromagnetic Radiation). Prevention and Mitigation of Damages after Exposure to Non-Ionizing Radiation. Implementation Plan for Non-Toxic and Cost-Effective Radioprotective and Radiomitigating Agents.