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RADIATION SICKNESS
RADIATION SICKNESS
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sickness
caused by
irradiation
with X-rays or other
nuclear
radiation
as a result of
therapeutic
treatment, accidental
exposure
, or a
nuclear
bomb
explosion
and characterized by nausea, vomiting, headache, cramps, diarrhea,
loss
of hair and teeth,
destruction
of white blood cells, and prolonged
hemorrhage
.
—All About
Radiation
Glossary.
Final
approval 27.9.89