A Reference Guide to Radiation and Its Health Effects (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This book provides extensive information about radiation, a process in which energetic particles or waves travel through a medium or space. There are two distinct types of radiation: ionizing and non-ionizing. In medicine, radiation and radioactive substances can be used for diagnosis, treatment, and research. Read about the types of radiation, their benefits, health effects, and much more. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.