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Code Number: 11B10.20
Demo Title: Radiation Effects
Principle: Physiology, Environmental hazards, Safety
Area of Study: Physiology, Biology
Procedure:
The effects of different types of radiation on the human body are discussed.
References:
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- Thomas Plotz, "Mobile Phone Radiation and Cancer", TPT, Vol. 55, #4, Apr. 2017, p. 210.
- Eduardo de Paiva, "The Inverse-Square Law and the Exponential Attenuation Law Used to the Shielding Calculation in Radiotherapy on a High School Level", TPT, Vol. 54, #4, Apr. 2016, p. 239.
- Walert R. Steiger, "A Radioactive Tracer in Medicine", TPT, Vol. 37, #7, Oct. 1999, p. 408.
- Ludwik Kowalski, "Will New Technology Solve the Nuclear Waste Problem?", TPT, Vol. 35, #1, Feb. 1997, p. 126.
- Carl Fields, "Radiation From Video Display Terminals?", TPT, Vol. 25, #4, Apr. 1987, p. 213.
- Theodore J. Wang, "Visual Response of the Human Eye to X Radiation", AJP, Vol. 35, #8, Aug. 1967, p. 779.
- Harvard Instructional Physics Labs, "Radiation and Radioactive Decay",