Radiation poisoning (disambiguation)
Radiation poisoning may refer to
- Acute radiation syndrome, the short-term systemic health effects of a large radiation dose.
- Chronic radiation syndrome
- The ingestion of radioactive material, notably in the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and Eben Byers
- The action of neutron poisons that inhibit nuclear chain reactions
- Any of the negative health effects of radiation other than teratogenesis, including
- Radiation burns
- Radiation-induced cancer
- Radiation-induced heart disease
- Radiation-induced lung injury
- Radiation-induced thyroiditis
- Radiation induced cognitive decline
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