Radiation sickness

Acute radiation disease is a systemic disease caused by the body being exposed to large doses (1Gy) of ionizing radiation in a short period of time. Acute radiation sickness may occur in both external and internal radiation, but external radiation predominates. Radiation that causes acute radiation sickness includes gamma rays, neutrons and X-rays.

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