Radiation poisoning (disambiguation)

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Radiation poisoning may refer to:

• Acute radiation syndrome, the short-term systemic health effects of a large radiation dose.
• Chronic radiation syndrome
• Electromagnetic hypersensitivity, the false belief that exposure to electromagnetic fields result in adverse medical symptoms
• 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 lung injury
  • Radiation-induced thyroiditis
  • Radiation-induced cognitive decline

See also[edit]

• Radiation Sickness (disambiguation)
• Radiation effects (disambiguation)

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