It also suggested studying how humans and animals reacted psychologically to radiation injury, conducting " studies in ( the ) psychology of panic, " and reassuring military and civilian populations by disseminating information about the body's ability to tolerate, and medicine's ability to treat, radiation effects.
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Antioxidants are effectively used to prevent the damage caused by radiation injury and oxygen poisoning ( the formation of reactive oxygen species ), but since antioxidants work by rescuing cells from a particular form of cell death ( apoptosis ), they may not protect against damaged cells that can initiate tumor growth.
