Term:
Nuclear radiation-related diseases and conditions
Definition:
The related diseases and health conditions may be acute or chronic. They include, but are not limited to, thermal burns from infrared heat radiation, beta and gamma burns from beta and gamma radiation, radiation sickness or “atomic disease”, leukemia, lung cancer, thyroid cancer and cancer of other organs, sterility and congenital anomalies or malformations, premature aging, cataracts, and increased vulnerability to disease and emotional disorders.
Domain:
Environment
Source:
Framework
for the Development
of Environment Statistics
(FDES 2013)
for the Development
of Environment Statistics
(FDES 2013)