Application of Radioprotectors in Radiation Protection
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چکیده
Possibility of protection from ionizing radiation when an organism, as a unit, absorbs radiated energy practically does not exist. In the previous investigations no medicine has been invented that could successfully be applied in therapy of radiation diseases. Today, in the cases of accidental irradiation with high doses of ion radiation and developing of radiation syndrome, today it is possible to apply only conservative and symptomatic therapy with poor prospects that results of treatment will be positive (1, 2).
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