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radiation hazard

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radiation hazard [‚rād·ē′ā·shən ‚haz·ərd]
(medicine)
Health hazard arising from exposure to ionizing radiation.


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A-bomb survivors: factors that may lead to a re-assessment of the radiation hazard.
It also protects the public from residual radiation hazards.
Since bullets are made of lead, it would shield against the radioactive decay associated with these isotopes, and any radiation hazard is pretty much secondary to the primary trauma of the gunshot wound itself.
 
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