Radiation Health Effects and CounterMeasures: Lessons from Past Nuclear Disasters From Atomic Bomb to Fukushima

The impact of radiation on human cannot be assessed solely on the basis of animal experiments and in vitro studies. The only way to truly understand what happens to the human body after exposure to varying doses of radiation is to examine our past experience. This book includes many scientific data about atomic bomb victims' health effect, Chernobyl accident and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. It is suitable for understanding low-dose radiation health effects and its countermeasures.