Normal view
MARC view
- Radiation, Ionizing
Radiation, Ionizing(Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- n: Ionizing Radiation
- n: Ionizing Radiations
- n: Radiations, Ionizing
policy: Manual 19.8.60, 21.16, 28.11.1; /adv eff = RADIATION INJURIES but see note there
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION or particle radiation (high energy ELEMENTARY PARTICLES) capable of directly or indirectly producing IONS in its passage through matter. The wavelengths of ionizing electromagnetic radiation are equal to or smaller than those of short (far) ultraviolet radiation and include gamma and X-rays.
76; was NON MESH before 1976