Environmental Radiation Effects on Mammals A Dynamical Modeling Approach /

• Main Author: Smirnova, Olga A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Physics.; Radiology.; Animal physiology.; Biomathematics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Mathematical and Computational Biology.; Animal Physiology.; Imaging / Radiology.

This text is devoted to the theoretical studies of radiation effects on mammals. It uses the framework of developed deterministic mathematical models to investigate the effects of both acute and chronic irradiation in a wide range of doses and dose rates on vital body systems including hematopoiesis...

Table of Contents:

• Radiation Effects on the Blood-Forming System
• The Small Intestine as a Target for Radiation
• Radiation and Humoral Immunity
• Modeling of Autoimmune Processes
• Individual-Based Approach to Radiation Risk Assessment.