Edition |
Fourth edition. |
Description |
1 online resource (1287 pages) : illustrations |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
Note |
Rev. ed. of: Handbook of health physics and radiological health / edited by Bernard Shleien, Lester A. Slaback Jr., Brian Kent Birky. 3rd ed. c1998. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Note |
Description based on print version record. |
Subject |
Radiology, Medical -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Medical physics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Johnson, Thomas E., 1964-
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Birky, Brian Kent.
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Shleien, B. (Bernard)
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Added Title |
Handbook of health physics and radiological health.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Health physics and radiological health. Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2012] v, 1281 pages 9781609134198 (DNLM)101568273 (DLC) 2011036664 |
ISBN |
9781609134198 |
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