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Radiation and Health Quiz

How does radiation affect living cells?

A. Radiation can damage DNA inside living cells.

B. Radiation can strike the DNA molecule directly, ionizing and damaging it.

C. Radiation can ionize water molecules, producing free radicals that react with and damage DNA molecules.

D. All of the above

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The absorbed dose weighted for harmful effects of different radiation was manifested by

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