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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Radiation injury.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 01, 2026
	Add new Web site: Cambridge Core - Cutaneous Radiation Injuries: REAC/TS Clinical Experience.	Grace Young	Feb 26, 2026
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Radiation injury.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 26, 2025
	Add new Web site: BMC Pulmonary Medicine - Radiation-induced lung injury: current evidence.	Grace Young	Aug 23, 2025
	Add new Web site: Academia - Radiation injury.	Yamini Chauhan	Aug 14, 2024
	Add new Web site: CORE - Factors affecting radiation injury (PDF).	Grace Young	May 13, 2024
	Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Immunology - DAMPs and radiation injury.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 01, 2024
	Add new Web site: MSD Manual - Consumer Version - Radiation Injury.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 23, 2023
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Radiation injury.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 07, 2023
	Added a photo of radiation injury to the skin.	Kara Rogers	Feb 17, 2022
	Added video.	Amy Tikkanen	Mar 24, 2015
	Article revised and updated.	Adam Augustyn	Apr 24, 2008
	Added new Web site: Merck Manuals - Consumer Version - Radiation Injury.	Gaurav Shukla	Mar 29, 2007
	Added new Web site: Health a to z - Radiation injuries.	Gaurav Shukla	Mar 29, 2007
	Added new Web site: Boston University Medical Campus - Radiation Injury.	Gaurav Shukla	Mar 29, 2007
	Added new Web site: Radiation Injuries forum - Radiation Injuries.	Gaurav Shukla	Mar 29, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998