Preceded by An introduction to radiation protection / Alan Martin ... [et al.]. 6th ed. 2012.
Health Protection Agency, Chilton, 05/2009. cause of lung cancer, after cigarette smoking, and causes 21000 lung cancer deaths per year in the USA. The average annual dose to members of the UK population from this source is about 1.3 ...
Each chapter contains problems with solutions. The book presents an accessible account of the sources of ionising radiation and the methods of radiation protection.
Combining facets of health physics with medicine, An Introduction to Radiation Protection in Medicine covers the background of the subject and the medical situations where radiation is the tool to diagnose or treat human disease.
Figure 2.2 shows an excerpt from the 15th edition of Nuclides and Isotopes by Parrington et al.2 The grey-shaded blocks are the stable isotopes of each element; others are radioactive isotopes. For each element, at the far left, ...
This book takes the reader through the general background to the subject, the technical principles underlying the control of radiation haz
This text/reference provides an excellent introduction to fundamental topics in radiation protection, including energetics, kinetics, interaction, external radiation protection, dosimetry, standards, and measurement.
Calculation exercises offer practice in applying the formulas and equations introduced in the text. Answers are provided in the back of the book so you can easily check your work.
This book will be useful to all those students, teachers and practicing professionals involved in the field of radiation oncology.
An Introduction to Radiation Protection
What doctrine should guide decisionmaking regarding the potential exposure of troops to radiation in this changed theater of military operations?