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Altman, Kurt Ison was born on October 13, 1919 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. Came to the United States, 1935. Son of Josef and Gretchen H. (Berju) Altman.
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Advances in Radiation Biology: Relative Radiation Sensitivities of Human Organ Systems, Part III
(This volume, the third in the three-part series "Relative...)
This volume, the third in the three-part series "Relative Radiation Sensitivities of Human Organ Systems", presents reviews of organ systems not included in the preceding two volumes. Also included are articles on selected treatment modalities. Radiation therapists, oncologists and radiation biologists may find this a useful source of information on responses of cells and organs to radiation and on radiotherapy strategies.
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Kurt Ison Altman
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Kurt Ison Altman, German radiation biology educator. Eli Lilly fellow University Chicago, 1939-1940; grantee Atomic Energy Commission, Department Energy, National Institutes of Health, New York State Health Department, German Government, 1950-1975. Member American Association Biochemistry, American Society Radiation Research, New York Academy of Sciences.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, University Chicago, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1963.
Career
Instructor, George William College, Chicago, 1943-1944; instructor department biochemistry, University of Chicago, 1945-1947; associate medicine department medicine, University of Chicago, 1945-1946; associate atomic energy project, U. Rochester (New York), 1947-1963; associate department experimental radiology, U. Rochester (New York), 1953-1963; associate professor department radiation biology, U. Rochester (New York), since 1963; assistant professor department biochemistry, U. Rochester (New York), 1963-1968; associate professor, U. Rochester (New York), 1968-1983; professor emeritus department biophysics, U. Rochester (New York), since 1990. Instructor physiological chemistry U. Düsseldorf, Germany, 1973. Instructor radiology Centre de l'Energie Nucléaire, Mol, Belgium, 1964-1965, Forschungs Institute Sandoz, Sandoz Pharmaceutical Company, Vienna, 1978, Institute for Medizin Forschungs Zentrum Jülich, 186-88, 91-94.
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Advances in Radiation Biology: Relative Radiation Sensitivities of Human Organ Systems, Part III
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Advances in Radiation Biology: Relative Radiation Sensitivities of Human Organ Systems, Part III
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Member American Association Biochemistry, American Society Radiation Research, New York Academy of Sciences.
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Married Babette S. Schaar, September 3, 1945. Children: Carl E., Theodore E., Peter.
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Eli Lilly fellow University of Chicago, 1939-1940. Grantee Atomic Energy Commission, Department Energy, National Institutes of Health, New York State Health Department, German Government, 1950-1975.Eli Lilly fellow University of Chicago, 1939-1940. Grantee Atomic Energy Commission, Department Energy, National Institutes of Health, New York State Health Department, German Government, 1950-1975.