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Health physics and radiological health / [edited by] Thomas E. Johnson, Brian K. Birky ; consulting editor, Bernard Shleien.
Holman Biotech Commons R895 .H43 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical radiology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Medical radiology.
- Medical physics.
- Medical physics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Health Physics.
- Radiation Dosage.
- Radiation Protection.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Physics.
- Radiation Dosage.
- Radiation Protection.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Tables (Data)
- Physical Description:
- v, 1281 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2012]
- 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.
- Notes:
- 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.
- ISBN:
- 9781609134198
- 1609134192
- OCLC:
- 713189762
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