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Acute radiation syndrome (ARS) also known as radiation poisoning radiation sickness or radiation toxicity is a constellation of health effects which present within 24 hours of exposure to high amounts of ionizing radiation. The radiation causes cellular degradation due to damage to DNA and other key molecular structures within the cells in various tissues; this destruction particularly as it affects ability of cells to divide normally in turn causes the symptoms.

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