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It is determined by:
quality of radiation
quantity of radiation
received dose of radiation
exposure conditions (spatial distribution)
The different kinds of radiation have different energy loss effects LET.
Particles with high energy loss effects cause typically greater damage.
For low LET radiation, RBE LET, for higher LET the RBE
increases to a maximum, the subsequent drop is caused by the overkill
effect.
These high energies are sufficient to kill more cells than actually available!
RADIATION
DIRECT IONIZATION
OF DNA
IONIZATION OF
OTHER MOLECULES, e.g.,H2O
radiation + H2O H2O+ + e
H2O+ H+ + OH0
e + H2O H0 + OH
OXIDATION OF DNA
BY OH RADICALS
CHEMICAL
RESTORATION
ENZYMATIC REPAIR
NO EFFECT
DNA
RESTORED
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
1. GENETIC EFFECTS
2. SOMATIC EFFECTS
CANCER
STERILITY
The time scales for the short and long term effects of radiation are
symbolized in the figure and listed in the table
There are many biological effects a high dose of radiation can cause:
medical exposure to patients (in particular in the early forties and fifties)
evaluations of populations with high occupational exposure
evaluations of populations with high radiation background (high altitude)
Skin Effects
The severity and the timescale for the acute radiation syndrome
depends on the maximum delivered dose.
The main problem are the insufficient statistical long term data
about radiation victims which make reliable model predictions difficult.
In particular for low LET exposure linear and quadratic doseresponse models differ considerably in their risk assessment