TY - BOOK AU - Johnson,Thomas E. AU - Birky,Brian Kent AU - Shleien,B. TI - Health physics and radiological health AV - R896.7 .H43 2012 U1 - 612/.01448 23 PY - 2012///] CY - Philadelphia, PA PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Radiology, Medical KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Medical physics KW - Electronic books N1 - 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; Estimates of radiation doses from various sources of exposure -- Commonly used units, signs, symbols, conversion factors, and constants -- Rules-of-thumb as 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 -- Ionizing radiation bioeffects and risks -- Non-ionizing radiation UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=2031873 ER -