Health physics and radiological health / Thomas E. Johnson, Brian K. Birky ; consulting editor, Bernard Shleien.
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2012]Copyright date: copy©2012Edition: Fourth editionDescription: 1 online resource (1287 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781609134198
- Handbook of health physics and radiological health.
- 612/.01448 23
- R896.7 .H43 2012eb
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Rev. ed. of: Handbook of health physics and radiological health / edited by Bernard Shleien, Lester A. Slaback Jr., Brian Kent Birky. 3rd ed. c1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Estimates of radiation doses from various sources of exposure -- Commonly used units, signs, symbols, conversion factors, and constants -- Rules-of-thumb as useful equations -- Standards and guidances for limiting ionizing radiation exposure -- Interaction of radiation with matter -- Exposure and shielding from external radiation -- Neutron production, shielding, and activation -- Radionuclide data -- Radiation measurement instruments -- Patient doses in the healing arts -- Operational health physics -- Bioassay and radiobiological data -- Radiation dosimetry -- Ionizing radiation bioeffects and risks -- Non-ionizing radiation.
Description based on print version record.
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