Health physics and radiological health / Thomas E. Johnson, Brian K. Birky ; consulting editor, Bernard Shleien.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Edition: Fourth editionDescription: 1 online resource (1287 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Uniform titles:
  • Handbook of health physics and radiological health.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Health physics and radiological health.DDC classification:
  • 612/.01448 23
LOC classification:
  • R896.7 .H43 2012eb
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Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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