Radiation Protection in the Health Sciences

Abstract

Ch. 1. Fundamental Concepts -- Ch. 2. Detectors -- Ch. 3. Units Associated with Radiation Protection -- Ch. 4. Biological Effects and Effective/Equivalent Dose Limits -- Ch. 5. Common Survey and Calibration Instruments -- Ch. 6. Personnel Monitors -- Ch. 7. Practical Means of Radiation Protection -- Ch. 8. Principles Governing Specific Devices: Good Working Habits -- Ch. 9. Radionuclides and the Law -- Ch. 10. Shielding from External Radiation -- Ch. 11. Internal Dositmetry -- Ch. 12. Absorbed Dose from External Photons -- Appendix A: The Units of Physics -- Appendix B: The Roentgen and the Rad -- Appendix C: Logarithms -- Appendix D: Greek Alphabet.