Radiobiologic Mechanisms in the Skin

Pharmacology and Toxicology

“…386 Interesting observations have indicated that hypoxia affords protection against x-ray in¬ jury,387 and, on the other hand, that x-irradiation may protect against oxygen poison¬ ing. 388 Reportedly, energy in the visible or short infrared range released by an atomic bomb may produce a retinal burn not unlike eclipse blindness in a person looking toward the explosion.…”