Radiation exposure in medicine and the environment : risks and protective strategies / Nicole E. Parnell, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parnell, Nicole E.

Series:

Public health in the 21st century series.

Environmental health (Nova Science Publishers)

Public health in the 21st century

Environmental health--physical, chemical and biological factors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radiation--Toxicology.

Radiation.

Radiation--Dosage.

Radiation--Safety measures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the risks and protective strategies of radiation exposure in the fields of medicine and the environment. This book discusses topics that include: radiation exposure of aircrews of commercial aircraft; radionuclide deposition in the human respiratory tract; mobile telephony radiation effect on living organisms; and, more.

Contents:

Radiation exposure of aircrews of commercial aircraft / Kyle Copeland ... [et al.]

Theoretical predictions of radionuclide deposition in the human respiratory tract / Robert Sturm

Cosmic radiation in commercial aviation / Michael Bagshaw

Radiation interaction with blast furnace slag : a comparative study from the point of radiation shielding / Murat Kurudirek ... [et al.]

Radiation exposure of Tunisian aircrews : doses simulations / Neïla Zarrouk, Raouf Bennaceur

Radiation induced polymerization of nanostructured conductive polymer composites / Mohammad Rezaul Karim

Radiation exposure in medicine and the environment / Tomohiro Okano

Nuclear radiopharmacy : risks and safety in the preparation of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals / Stefano Papi

Perspective on European Union Directive 2004/40/EC on Worker's Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields from Medical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Equipment / David Moratal

Apigenin K : a promising radiation countermeasure / M. Alcaraz Banos, J. Castillo, O. Benavente-Garcia

Thermal radiation and fire safety / Yaping He

Environmental radiation monitoring : public dose limits, measurements and interpretation / Gladys A. Klemic ... [et al.]

Mobile telephony radiation effects on living organisms / Dimitris J. Panagopoulos, Lukas H. Margaritis.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62257-016-2

OCLC:

923665929