Introduction to Health Physics
Edition: 4 edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Published: April 18, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 768
ISBN-13: 9780071423083
Subjects: Medical imaging; Health & Fitness; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Allied Health Services - Radiologic & Ultrasound Technology; Reference; Medical / Reference; Diseases - Contagious; Health Physics; Medical physics; Radiation Injuries; prevention & control
First sentence: Health physics, or radiological health, as it is frequently called, is the area of environmental health engineering that deals with the protection of the individual and population groups against the harmful effects of ionizing and nonionizing radiation.