Health and Medical Guide to Injuries and Wound Information Radiation Exposure Health information topics about Radiation Exposure: Children 1. What to Do If There Is a Nuclear or Radiological A Federal Emergency Management Agency http://www.fema.gov/kids/nse/radiological.htm Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Terms of Radiation Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/terms/index.html 2. Glossary of Radiological Terms Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/glossary.asp 3. Acronyms of Radiation Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/terms/acronyms.htm Directories 1. Radioactively Contaminated Superfund Sites Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/cleanup/npl_sites.htm Law and Policy 1. Radiation Protection Roles Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/risksandrealities/rrpage6.html National Institutes of Health 1. What We Know about Radiation National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/health/chip/od/radiation/ Organizations 1. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and http://www.epa.gov/oar/ 2. Dept. of Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/ 3. Federal Emergency Management Agency http://www.fema.gov/ 4. National Center for Environmental Health http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ 5. National Institute of Environmental Health Science http://www.niehs.nih.gov/ 6. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission http://www.nrc.gov/ Overviews 1. What is Radiation? Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/students/what.html 2. What Are the Sources of Radiation? U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission http://www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/radiation/sources.html 3. Understanding Radiation Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/understand/index.html 4. Ionizing Radiation. Part 2 Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/ionize/402-f-98-010.htm 5. Ionizing Radiation. Part 1 Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/ionize/402-f-98-009.htm 6. How Does Radiation Affect the Public? U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission http://www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/radiation/affect.html 7. Biological Effects of Radiation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/bio-effects-radia... Pictures/Diagrams 1. Symbols in Radiation Protection Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/students/symbols.html Prevention/Screening 1. What You Need to Know about Shields and Safety American Society of Radiologic Technologists http://www.asrt.org/media/pdf/shields_eng.pdf 2. Understanding Radiation: Exposure Pathways Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/understand/pathways.htm 3. Sheltering in Place during a Radiation Emergency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/shelter.asp 4. Facts about Evacuation during a Radiation Emergenc Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/evacuation.asp 5. Estimating Risk Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/understand/risk.htm Related Issues 1. Frequently Asked Questions about a Radiation Emerg Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/emergencyfaq.asp 2. Man-Made Radiation: Radiological Emergencies Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/risksandrealities/rrpage5.html 3. Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency http://www.fema.gov/hazards/nuclear/radiolo.shtm 4. Nuclear Radiation and the Thyroid American Thyroid Association http://www.thyroid.org/patients/brochures/NuclearRadiation_brochure.pdf 5. Nuclear Terrorism & Health Effects Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/terrorismqa.asp 6. Acute Radiation Syndrome Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/ars.asp 7. What We Learn about Radiation Threats from Movies Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/movies.asp Specific Conditions 1. Radioactive Contamination and Radiation Exposure Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/contamination.asp 2. Man-Made Radiation: Medicine & Nuclear Pow Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/risksandrealities/rrpage4.html 3. Irradiated Mail Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/sources/mail_irrad.htm 4. Frequently Asked Questions on Cabinet X-Ray System Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/comp/cabinetxrayfaq.html 5. Food Irradiation Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/radiation/sources/food_irrad.htm 6. Dirty Bombs Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/dirtybombs.asp 7. Consumer Products Containing Radioactive Materials Health Physics Society http://hps.org/documents/consumerproducts.pdf 8. Natural Radiation Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/risksandrealities/rrpage3.html 9. Microwave Oven Radiation Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/microwave.html 10. Nasopharyngeal Radium Irradiation (NRI) National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/NRI 11. Radioactive I-131 from Fallout National Cancer Institute http://cancer.gov/i131 12. Radioactive Isotopes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/isotopes/index.asp 13. Smoke Detectors and Radiation Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radiation/sources/smoke_alarm.htm 14. We Want You to Know about Television Radiation Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/TVRad.html 15. X-Ray Radiation Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/genpub/topics/x_ray-ccae.html 16. Radiation Exposure in X-Ray Examinations Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/safety/xray_safety.htm 17. Nuclear Blast Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/nuclearfaq.asp Treatment 1. Facts about DTPA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/dtpa.asp 2. Facts about Neupogen® Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/neupogenfacts.asp 3. Frequently Asked Questions on Potassium Iodide (KI Center for Drug Evaluation and Research http://www.fda.gov/cder/drugprepare/KI_Q&A.htm 4. Home Preparation Procedure for Emergency Administr Center for Drug Evaluation and Research http://www.fda.gov/cder/drugprepare/kiprep.htm 5. Medical Management of the Acute Radiation Syndrome American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/12/I-51 6. Potassium Iodide (KI) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/ki.asp 7. Prussian Blue Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/prussianblue.asp Women 1. Are X-Rays Safe during Pregnancy? American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/373.xml 2. 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