Radiation effects in the lung.

JE Coggle, BE Lambert… - Environmental health …, 1986 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
This article outlines the principles of radiobiology that can explain the time of onset, duration,
and severity of the complex reactions of the lung to ionizing radiation. These reactions have
been assayed biochemically, cell kinetically, physiologically, and pathologically. Clinical
and experimental data are used to describe the acute and late reactions of the lung to both
external and internal radiation including pneumonitis, fibrosis and carcinogenesis. Acute
radiation pneumonitis, which can be fatal, develops in both humans and animals within 6 …