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Risk Factors List

  • Accident caused by fire or flames
  • Accidents caused by hot liquids and vapours,including steam
  • Excessive sun exposure
  • Friction injury

Specific Risk Factors Articles

Radiation Injuries
Radiation injury, also known as radiation sickness, results from exposure to excessive radiation. The seriousness of the condition depends on the type of radiation, amount of radiation, length of exposure time, and the part of the body affected.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Radiation Injuries
Radiation injuries is damage caused by ionizing radiation emitted by the sun, x-ray machines, and radioactive elements. Radio and television signals, radar, heat, infrared, ultraviolet, sunlight, starlight, cosmic rays, gamma rays, and x rays all belong to the electromagnetic spectrum and differ only in their relative energy, frequency, and wavelength.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Radiation Injuries
Radiation injuries are caused by ionizing radiation emitted by such sources as the sun, x-ray and other diagnostic machines, tanning beds, and radioactive elements RADIATION SOURCES Natural sources Radon gas 55% Inside body 11% Rocks, soil, and groundwater 8% Cosmic rays 8% Artificial sources Medical x rays 11% Nuclear medicine 4% Consumer products 3% Miscellaneous (including occupational exposure, nuclear fallout, and the production of nuclear materials for energy and weaponry) < 1% released in nuclear power plant accidents and detonation of nuclear weapons during war and as terrorist acts. Ionizing radiation is made up of unstable atoms that contain an excess amount of energy.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Chemical burn or reaction
Chemicals that touch skin can cause a limited skin reaction, an overall body reaction, or both.
Source:ADAM
Date:January 17, 2007
Electrical injury
An electrical injury can occur to the skin or internal organs when a person is directly exposed to an electrical current.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 9, 2007
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