The medical consequences of radiation accidents and nuclear war. Health Policy Committee, American College of Physicians. 1982


UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009688 Nuclear Reactors Devices containing fissionable material in sufficient quantity and so arranged as to be capable of maintaining a controlled, self-sustaining NUCLEAR FISSION chain reaction. They are also known as atomic piles, atomic reactors, fission reactors, and nuclear piles, although such names are deprecated. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Nuclear Reactor,Reactor, Nuclear,Reactors, Nuclear
D009689 Nuclear Warfare Warfare involving the use of NUCLEAR WEAPONS. Atomic Warfare,Warfare, Atomic,Warfare, Nuclear
D010820 Physicians Individuals licensed to practice medicine. Physician
D011832 Radiation Injuries Harmful effects of non-experimental exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation in VERTEBRATES. Radiation Sickness,Radiation Syndrome,Injuries, Radiation,Injury, Radiation,Radiation Injury,Radiation Sicknesses,Radiation Syndromes,Sickness, Radiation,Sicknesses, Radiation,Syndrome, Radiation,Syndromes, Radiation
D004190 Disasters Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural phenomena and man-made phenomena. Normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of impact exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012941 Social Responsibility The obligations and accountability assumed in carrying out actions or ideas on behalf of others. Obligation, Social,Responsibility, Social,Accountability,Communitarianism,Future Generations,Obligations to Society,Social Accountability,Accountability, Social,Future Generation,Generation, Future,Generations, Future,Obligations, Social,Responsibilities, Social,Social Obligation,Social Obligations,Social Responsibilities,Society, Obligations to
D033181 Information Dissemination The circulation or wide dispersal of information. Data Sharing,Information Distribution,Information Sharing,Data Sharings,Dissemination, Information,Distribution, Information,Information Sharings,Sharing, Data,Sharing, Information,Sharings, Data,Sharings, Information

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