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General Considerations in Radiation Disaster Medicine

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Proper understanding on radiation, i.e., types of radiation, effects on humans, and practical measures to protect individuals from radiation, is fundamental in preparation for a radiation disaster. Although a radiation disaster is quite a rare event, medical response shares many aspects in common with other types of disasters. Therefore, effective plans for radiation disaster should be developed within the scope of the general disaster management with specific consideration on radiation in order to develop a sustainable medical response system for this catastrophic event.

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The author would like to thank Dr. Kazuhiko Maekawa and Dr. Penelope Engel-Hills for their editorial assistance and valuable input.

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Tanigawa, K. (2014). General Considerations in Radiation Disaster Medicine. In: Tanigawa, K., Chhem, R. (eds) Radiation Disaster Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02216-1_2

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