TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Thomas E.
AU  - Birky,Brian Kent
AU  - Shleien,B.
TI  - Health physics and radiological health
SN  - 9781609134198
U1  - 612/.01448 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Philadelphia, PA
PB  - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
KW  - Health Physics
KW  - Tables
KW  - Radiation Dosage
KW  - Radiation Protection
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
ER  -