GG231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Acute Radiation Syndrome
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Effect of radiation will be evident within days or weeks and takes the form of radiation sickness and burns. The effects can be delayed in the form of leukemia or skin cancer. It can also be transferred through birth, as the host never feels the effect she can possible pass them on through fertility and birth defects. depravation of basic needs (vulnerability) Everyday life support, medical and social services and resources and material for basic consumer goods. geographic violence. This can be manifested by policies uprooting, expulsion or relocating of residents and elimination of habitats cultural landscapes and more. Use of weapons of mass destruction on human settlements is described as destruction of an historical and living association of people and place demographic violence. Groups targets based on racial, religious, political or ethic grounds. This can include ethnic cleaning as was experienced in yugoslavia in the 1990s. For example, boys are targeted to reduce the number of future soldiers.
