Health Physics and Radiological Health Handbook

Name: Health Physics and Radiological Health Handbook
Price: 137.08 USD
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ISBN: 9780683183344

ISBN-10: 0683183346

ISBN-13: 9780683183344

Edition: 3rd 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Bernard Shleien

List price: $115.00

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Description:

This updated reference serves as a primary source of information for radiation protection professionals. The Handbook provides an encyclopedia of radiation health information, with toxicity tables, classification of workplaces, decay schemes, non-ionizing radiation, and environmental monitoring programs, as well as extensive glossaries on ionizing radiation, light and lasers, ultrasound, and radiofrequency electromagnetic fields.

Book details

List price: $115.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 700
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.25" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 5.500
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Contributors


Estimates of Radiation Doses From Various Sources of Exposure


Commonly Used Units, Signs, Symbols, Conversion Factors and Constants


Rules-of-Thumb and 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


Nuclear Transportation Including Shipment of Low-Level Waste


Ionizing Radiation Bioeffects and Risks


Non-Ionizing Radiation


Glossaries


Ionizing Radiation


Light and Lasers


Definitions of Quality Assurance Terms


Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields


Index