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Index 



R 



Rad, 87 



Radiation and chemotherapy, 109 



— and malignancy, 107 



— by textiles, transmission of, 71 

 — , charged particle, 190 



— , chemical effects of, 155 

 — , decomposition of molecules by, 

 121, 122 



— dose, 179 



— doses, biological response to a 



variety of 89 



— efifect. chromosome abnormality 



as a quantitative measure of, 

 96 



— effects in human carcinomata, 



quantitative histological analy- 

 sis of, 162 



— effects on normal tissue, 103 



— , Einstein's equation for the unit 

 energy of, 177 



— , heat transfer by. 61 



— , indirect effect on embryonic tis- 

 sue. 100 



— induced mutation in Dropsophila, 



142 

 — , injurious and lethal effects of, 



98 

 — , isodose distribution for various 



qualities of. 20-I- 



— local effects of, 210, 211 



— measurement by the ionization 



method, 176, 177 

 — , measurement of. 175 

 — , measurement of neutron. 189 

 — . measurement of volume dose of. 



199 

 — , mitotic effect of, 172 

 — , quality of a beam of, 179 

 — , structural changes caused in 



chromosomes by, 148 



— technique, volume dose limiting. 



211 

 — , total body dose of. 217 



— workers, tests on. 278 

 Radiations, action on viruses and 



bacteria. 155 

 — , biological effects of ionizing, 114 



Radiations, biological effects of 

 penetrating, 83 



-^, effects on animal embryonic tis- 

 sue and tumor tissue, 132 



— for the inactivation of viruses, 



relative efficiency of ionizing, 



124 

 — , genetic effects of, 95, 138 

 — , genetic effects of ionizing, 270 

 — . inhibitory effect on regeneration, 



101 

 — , ionizing, 175 

 — , lethal and sublethal effects on 



root tips, 130 

 — . relative efficiencies of ionizing, 



127 

 — , response of skin to, 101 

 — , structural changes induced in 



chromosomes by different ion- 

 izing, 126 

 — , tolerance doses for ionizing 



radiations, 267 

 Radioactive materials, risks from 



inhalation or ingestion. 272 

 Radiobiologv, background theory 



of, 84 

 Radiochemical yield, influence of 



ion density on, 121 

 Radiochemistry, 91 

 Radiofrequency oscillators, 54 

 Radiological departments, inspec- 

 tion of. 278 

 Radiology, medical. 2 

 — , protective methods in, 264 

 Radiosensitivity of proliferating 



cells, 101 



— of tumor tissue, 172 

 — ^of tumors. 162, 163 

 Radiotherapy in malignant disease, 



aim of, 166 



— of malignant disease. 107 



— of uterine hemorrhage. 239 

 — . physics in. 7 



— , total energy absorption in. 

 194 



— . value of the conception of vol- 

 ume dose in, 202 



Radium, experiments with, 115 



