This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

A. H. SLEPYAN, M.D.; THEODORE CORNBLEET, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1951;64(4):425-427.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

INVESTIGATORS long have sought means of protection against harm from radiation. The threat of mass injury in the atomic age accentuates all the more the urgent necessity for this research. This form of physical energy characteristically penetrates the deeper parts of the body, yet the skin by its exposed position remains the organ of primary attack. The accessibility of the skin as a target and the simplicity of retrieving it for study are advantages favoring its use for experimental purposes. The dermatologist naturally has an interest in any cutaneous study; but. because he so frequently resorts to the use of radiation therapy, he pays inordinate attention to investigations in this realm of biophysics.

The literature covering this field of activity is becoming so large as to be beyond the compass of any except the specialist. A few samplings from it may be a shortcut to the point. Knowlton, Hempelmann, and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
HIGHLAND PARK, ILL.; CHICAGO

From the Departments of Dermatology, University of Illinois College of Medicine (Dr. F. E. Senear, Chief), and the Cook County Hospital.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?