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Abstract
A condition caused by a brief whole body exposure to more than one sievert dose equivalent of radiation. Acute radiation syndrome is initially characterized by ANOREXIA; NAUSEA; VOMITING; but can progress to hematological, gastrointestinal, neurological, pulmonary, and other major organ dysfunction.
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- Acute Radiation Syndromes
- Radiation Syndrome, Acute
- Radiation Syndromes, Acute
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2008
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- Radiation Injuries (1963-2007)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Acute Radiation Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054508. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054508
- Acute Radiation Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_radiation_syndrome
- Acute Radiation Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275459