🔹Biological effects: Can be somatic (stochastic effect, deterministic effect) or genetic. The effect can be also acute or immediate effect and chronic or long-term effect.
🔹Immediate effects of radiation are dermatitis, brittleness of the fingernail, epilation and leukopenia.
🔹Chronic or long-term effect: Repeated low levels of radiation exposure lead to induction of carcinoma, leukaemia, necrosis and retardation of growth.
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