INDEX 



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Acetic acid, radiation synthesis of, 109 

 Adrenalin, radio-protective action of, 184 

 Alanine, radiation synthesis of, 109 

 Alfalfa — see lucerne. 

 Allium cepa, irradiation of seeds, 190 

 a-rays, sensitivity of cells to, oxygen effect on, 



165 

 Amino acids, irradiation of, 295 



radiation synthesis of, 109 

 Anaemia, 236 



following injection of isotopic material, 56 

 Annealing, radiation induced, 275 

 Aspartic acid, radiation synthesis of, 109 

 Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, 16 

 Atomic weapon tests, in Australia, 132, 138 



Christmas Island, 132 



Marshall Islands, 132 



U.S.A., 139 

 ATP, 175 



Atropine, inhibitive action of on radio- 

 protective agents, 174 

 Australian Atomic Weapons Safety Com- 

 mittee, 127, 138 

 Autografts — see grafts. 

 Auxin, radio-protective action of, 173 

 Azide, enhancement of X-ray damage by, 

 162, 264 



BAL, radio-protective action of, 203 



BAS, inhibitive action of on radio-protective 



agents, 175 

 Bacteria, irradiation of, 153, 285 

 Benzene, irradiation of in chlorine, 106 

 /3-rays, dose of and attempted replacement 

 of bone marrow in the rabbit, 59 

 effect of on porphyrin compounds, 95 

 simple organic compounds, 89 

 skin carcinogenesis, 284 

 synthesis of organic compounds by, 105 

 Blood, effects of irradiation on, 37, 95 

 BOL, inhibitive action of on radio-protective 



agents, 175 

 Bone, caesium levels, 213 

 radiation damage to, 153 

 strontium levels, 143, 213 

 uptake of calcium and strontium, 119, 143 

 Bone marrow, radiation damage to, 153 



uptake of i^^Au by, 58 

 Bone-marrow dose, annual mean, 15 



assesment of in diagnostic radiology, 30 

 Bone-marrow grafting, protective action of, 

 47, 56, 69, 74, 223, 236 

 secondary radiation disease following, 48, 

 73 



^^'Caesium, as source of irradiation, 37, 1 1 1 

 in human food chain, 213 



Calcium, absorption and excretion of, 118 

 levels in bone, 1 19 



plasma, 120 

 metabolism of, 119 

 Calcium-strontium ratios, in human food 

 chain, 217 

 growing child and adult, 123 

 infants, 123 

 soils and pastures, 214 

 still-births, 121 

 Cancer — see tumours. 

 Carcinogenesis, 284 

 Catalase, 85, 286 

 Catalysis, radiation, 107 

 Cavity theory of ionization, 2 

 Cells, irradiation of, 5, 37, 76, 152, 190, 253, 



282 

 Cheese-cloth method of airborne fall-out 



collection, 128 

 Cholesterol, irradiation of, 106 

 Christmas Island Tests, 132 

 Chromosome aberrations, radiation in- 

 duced, 9, 282 

 effect of oxygen tension on, 76, 152, 190, 



253 

 in germ cell stages of Drosophila melano- 



gaster, 253 

 in leukaemia, 17, 20 

 in seeds oi Allium cepa, 190 

 in Tradescantia microspores, 9 

 Clonal selection theory, 236 

 Clover, uptake of radio-active isotopes by, 



215 

 "^"Cobalt, as source of irradiation, 19, 39, 73, 



163, 221 

 Co-enzyme A, 6 

 Contamination, radioactive, 



build up on ground, 136, 138, 212, 

 in laboratories, 147 

 on soils, and pasture, 212 

 ingestion and inhalation of, 148 

 Copper, irradiation of, 273, 275 

 Cow, uptake of radio-active iodine, 142 

 isotopes, 1 18 

 strontium, 210 

 Cvanide, and radio-sensitivity, 79, 157, 161, 



180, 264 

 Cystamine, radio-protective action of, 181, 



187 

 Cysteamine, radio-protective action of, 85, 



169, 172, 179, 189, 296 

 Cysteine, radio-protecti\e action of, 169, 



179, 203, 227 

 Cytochrome oxidase, 86, 161, 264 



Daphnids. radiation induced behaviour of, 

 285 



301 



