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Health physics and radiological health / Thomas E. Johnson, Brian K. Birky ; consulting editor, Bernard Shleien.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical radiology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Medical radiology.
- Medical physics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Medical physics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1287 p.)
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text is an invaluable, comprehensive data reference for anyone involved in health physics or radiation safety. This new edition addresses the specific data requirements of health physicists, with data presented in large tables, including the latest NCRP recommendations, which are tabulated and given in both SI and traditional units for ease of use. Although portions of these data can be obtained from various internet sites, many are obscure, difficult to navigate and/or have conflicting information for even the most common data, such as specific gamma ray constants. This new edition compiles all essential data in this vast field into one user-friendly, authoritative source. It also offers a website with full-text search capability.Markets include radiation safety, medical physics and nuclear medicine.This book includes an online access code.
- 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.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4511-5423-2
- 1-4698-2152-4
- OCLC:
- 908511190
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