Health physics and radiological health
By: [edited by] Thomas E. Johnson, Brian K. Birky ; consulting editor, Bernard Shleien
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781609134198
Subjects: Tables; Radiation Protection; Radiation Dosage; Health Physics
Other titles: Handbook of health physics and radiological health.
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.
Table of contents: title: Estimates of radiation doses from various sources of exposure; title: Commonly used units, signs, symbols, conversion factors, and constants; title: Rules-of-thumb as useful equations; title: Standards and guidances for limiting ionizing radiation exposure; title: Interaction of radiation with matter; title: Exposure and shielding from external radiation; title: Neutron production, shielding, and activation; title: Radionuclide data; title: Radiation measurement instruments; title: Patient doses in the healing arts; title: Operational health physics; title: Bioassay and radiobiological data; title: Radiation dosimetry; title: Ionizing radiation bioeffects and risks; title: Non-ionizing radiation.