Biological Aspects of Radiation Protection

General Review of Biological Aspects of Radiation Protection.- Problems of Protection against the Genetic Effect of Radiation.- Radiation Risk and Protection (with Reference to Recent ICRP Reports).- Radiation Effect on Prenatal Development.- Comparative Late Effects in Mice Following Fast Neutron or Cobalt 60 External Irradiation Versus Tritiated Thymidine Internal Irradiation.- General Discussion.- Hematological and Cytogenetic Effects of Radiatio.- Hematological Effects of Partial Body Irradiation: Clinical and Experimental Data.- Hematological Effects on Heavily Irradiated Japanese Fishermen.- Cell Population Kinetics in Thymus Lymphocytes under Continuous Irradiation.- Radiation-Induced Chromosome Aberrations in Lymphocytes: Possible Biological Dosimet in Man.- Some Hematologic Changes Due to Ionizing Radiations.- Feasibility of Cytogenetic Assay in Radiophosphorus Dose Assessment.- General Discussion.- Chemical Protection in Mammals.- Radiation Protection of Non-Specific Body Defence: Reticuloendothelial System and Adrenal Cortex.- Mode of Radioprotective Action of Aminothiols in HeLa S3 Cells.- Radioprotective Effect of Methylene Blue in Mice and Rats.- Radioprotective Effects of Adenosine Derivatives.- Chemical Radie-protection with N- and S-Containing Polymers.- New Potentialities of Combination of Radioprotection and Cyclophosphamide.- Histopathological Action of Serotonin on Certain Tissues in Mice.- Comment and Discussion.- Fundamentals of Radiation Protection and Recovery.- Chemical Protection and Cell Structure.- Metabolism of Ehrlich Ascites Tumor Cells under "Anoxia" and Its Implication in the Rejoining of X-Ray-Induced DNA Strand Breaks.- Chemical Protection of the Recovery Process.- Cysteamine and Radiation-Induced Single Strand Breaks of DNA inCultured Mammalian Cells.- Comparative Individual Radiosensitivity and its Cellular Explanation.- Animal Survival and Cell Survival Seen in Dose Rate Effects on Mouse Intestinal Damage.- Mortality of Fish under Continuous Irradiation Conditions.- Relationship between Metabolism and Radiosensitivity.- Medical Aspect of Chronic Hypoxia in Radiation Exposed Glomerulus in Hamsters Treated with Injected Ozone Gas.- Low Dose Effects of X-Rays on Electrophoretic Mobility of Human Erythrocytes.- On Mechanisms of Chemical Radioprotection.- Comparative Radiosensitivity of Ascites Ovarian Tumors and Ascites Lymphosarcoma of Rats.- General Discussion.- Closing Remarks.- List of Participants.- Authors Index.- Subjects Index.