Part 10

See Your Body and Radiation and The Genetic Effects of Radiation, other booklets in this series, for detailed explanations of radiation effects.

The use of radium is not under AEC control.

One family of measuring instruments is described in Whole Body Counters, another booklet in this series. These are large devices that make use of scintillating crystals or liquids.

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