Chapter 1: The physics and chemistry of radiation
absorption
Chapter 2: DNA strand breaks and chromosomal aberrations
Chapter 3: Cell survival curves
Chapter 4: Radiosensitivity and cell age in the mitotic cycle
Chapter 5: Repair of radiation damage and the dose-rate effect
Chapter 6: The oxygen effect and reoxygenation
Chapter 7: Linear energy transfer and relative
biological effectiveness
Chapter 8: Acute effects of total-body irradiation
Chapter 10: Radiation carcinogenesis
Chapter 11: Hereditary effects of radiation
Chapter 12: Effects of radiation on the embryo and fetus
Chapter 13: Radiation cataractogenesis
Chapter 15: Radiation protection
Chapter 18: Dose-response relationships for model normal tissues
Chapter 21: Cell, tissue and tumor kinetics
March 2004
Christina Zacharatou Jarlskog