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24 May 2012

Answer to Question #132 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"

Category: Pregnancy and Radiation — Radiation effects to embryo/fetus

The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field:

I'm doing a project on radiation and pregnancy. Could you guys please give me any information you have on how radiation effects the fetus during pregnancy and also any long-term effects (if any)? Thanks for your help!

There is quite a bit of information, including reference to some websites, already posted on our website under the "Ask the Expert" feature and under pregnancy. For additional information I recommend the following text books: The Biological Basis of Radiation Protection Practice, edited by Kenneth L. Mossman, Ph.D., M.Ed., and William A. Mills, Ph.D.; Williams & Wilkins; 1992. Summer school held at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, 14-19 July 1991. This book is available for a nominal fee from the HPS Administrative Offices. Contact HPS Office. Radiobiology for the Radiologist; Eric J. Hall, D.Phil., D.Sc., F.A.C.R.; Fourth Edition; J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia; 1994 Gen Roessler, Editor HPS website

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