Radiation Protection and Dosimetry

An Introduction to Health Physics

by Michael G. Stabin
 
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This book provides an overview of all relevant topics in the field of radiation protection (health physics).Radiation Protection and Dosimetryserves as an essential handbook for practicing health physics professionals, and is also ideal as a teaching text for courses at the university level. The text is organized to introduce the reader to basic principles of radiation emission and propagation, to review current knowledge and historical aspects of the biological effects of radiation, and to cover important operational topics such as radiation shielding and dosimetry. In addition to presenting the most up to date treatment of the topics and references to the literature, most chapters contain numerical problems with their solutions for use in teaching or self assessment. A chapter devoted to Environmental Health Physics was written in collaboration with leading professionals in this area.

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  • Subtitle: An Introduction to Health Physics
  • Media: Hardcover Book, 384 pages
  • Publisher: Springer (August 23, 2007)
  • ISBN-10: 0387499822
  • ISBN-13: 9780387499826
  • Dimensions: 7 x 10 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 lbs
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