INDEX 



S-rays, 4 



Displac'ciiu'iii spike. 275 

 DNA, 6, 23, 152 

 DNP. and radio-sensitivity, 1()3 

 DPIMl. irradiation of. 294 

 Drosophila inelaiwgaster, radio-sensitivity of 

 germ cell stages of, 153, 25'J, 282 



Earthed and insulated screen methods of fall- 

 out collectit)n, 134 

 Ehrlich ascites tumour, 76, 155 

 Enzyme molecules, irradiation of, 5, 

 Eosinophil counts, effect of irradiation on, 40 

 Erythrocyte cells, inoculi, 241 



radiation damage to. 153 

 Escherichia coli, 85, 152, 28(i 

 Ethvlene, polymerization of bv irradiation, 

 107 



Fall-out, 



airborne, 136, 138 



dating of from continuous change In /3-ray 

 energy distribution, 133 



detection of, 127 



ground accumulation of, 136, 138, 212 



in rainwater, 128, 138,210 



measurement of in Australia, 129, 138 



methods of collection of, 134, 138 

 Fast neutrons, and incidence of leukaemia, 

 19 



dose, W value, 2 



imperfections induced in solids by, 272 



injury and recovery in animals irradiated 

 with, 221 

 Ferrous sulphate, irradiation of. 165 

 Fertility, 172, 248 

 Fission-products, in human food chain, 209 



in radio-active fall-out, 127, 138 



human uptake of, 117 

 Fluoride, and radio-sensitivity, 162 

 Foetus, as material for grafts, 73, 237, 242 



effects of irradiation on, 16, 153, 248 



uptake of calcium and strontium by, 119 

 Formic acid, radiation synthesis of, 109 

 Fowl, irradiation of plasma in, 95 



leukocyte transplants, 236 



Callus dnmesticus, plasma, irradiation of, .95 

 y-rays. and incidence of leukaemia. 7.9 

 chromosomal structural damage induced 



by, 162 

 effect of on simple organic compounds, 89 

 dose following heterografting, 73 

 dose from fall-out in Australia, 141 

 dose, W value, 2 

 dose from and attempted replacement of 



bone marrow in the rabbit, 5.9 

 injury and recovery after irradiation by, 



221 

 synthesis of organic compounds by, 106 

 Germ-cell stages, irradiation of, 253 

 Glomerular clearance of calcium and stron- 

 tium, 120 

 GhUamic acid, radiation syiuhcsis of, 109 

 Glutathione, radio-protective action of, 159, 

 179 



Glycine, radiation synthesis of, 109, 294 

 (ilycolic acid, radiation syiuhesis of. 109 

 '""Gold, colloidal, as source of irradiation, 57 



uptake by li\er, bone marrow, spleen, 58 

 (Jrafts, 



heterografts, secondary radiation disease 



following, 73 

 homograft survival following irradiation, 



68 

 of bone marrow following irradiation, 47, 

 56, 69, 74, 223 

 immunological studies, 236 

 of skin following irradiation, 68 

 of speen cells following irradiation, 47, 74, 

 237 

 Growth, inhibition of, radiation induced, 8 

 CJummed-papcr nuthod of fall-out collec- 

 tion, 128, 135, 141 



Haemin, irradiation of, 95 



Haemoglobin count, effects of irradiation on, 



40, 63 

 Haemopoietic tissue, as graft material, 15, 47, 

 '221 

 effects of irradiation on, 26, 47, 73, 153, 



284 

 Hair, radiation damage to, 153 

 Heterografts — see grafts. 

 Histamine, radio-protective action of, 173, 



175, 184 

 Homografts — see grafts. 

 Hydrocarbons, radiolysis of, 87 

 Hydrogen iodide, from scavenging with 



iodine, 89 

 Hydroxybutyric acid, radiation synthesis of, 



109 

 5-hydroxy tryptamine, radio-protective action 



of, 169, 179, 187 



Immunological, memory, 237 

 neutrality, 236 

 response, 68, 73 

 depression of, 236 

 Index l,\a. 37 

 Industrial synthesis of organic compounds, 



105 

 International Gommission on Radiological 

 Protection (I.C.R.P.). 31. 118, 142, 

 148 

 International Gommission on Radiological 

 Units and Measurements (I.C.R.U.), 

 1 

 Intestine, absorption of strontium and cal- 

 cium by, 1 19 

 effects of irradiation on, 62, 221 

 '3' Iodine, measurements in fall-out in Aus- 

 tralia, 142 

 scavenging with, 89, 104 

 therapy for thyrotoxicosis, 244 

 lodoacetate, and radio-.sensitivity, 161 

 Ionizing radiation — see irradiation. 

 Irradiation, 



action of on porphyrin compounds, 95 



simple organic compoimds. 87 

 damage, nature of, 272 

 depression of immune response by, 236 



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