Differences in lung cancer mortality trends from 1986-2012 by radon risk areas in British Columbia, Canada.

abstract：:South Africa contains some of the world's largest mineral deposits, which include uranium. Uranium is mined as a by-product of gold production. The uranium content of the surface soil and groundwater in South Africa has been measured and shows marked variation, depending on location. Herbal remedies are collected by t...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Steenkamp V,Stewart MJ,Chimuka L,Cukrowska E

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for occupational exposure to radiation are based on annual absorbed or effective dose. Guidelines for Rn exposure are currently based on air concentrations of Rn or decay products. Models of bronchial dose from decay product exposure are based on calculations that have five major parameters with parameter v...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Harley NH

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the tragic events of 11 September 2001, the nation has made significant strides in preparing for disasters and emergencies of all types. Federal funding to state, local, territorial, and tribal public health and healthcare systems has required an all-hazards preparedness approach with special focus on those ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Herrmann J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yield of chromosome aberrations (dicentric and ring chromosomes) was determined for five patients who had been extensively exposed to diagnostic x rays. Remarkably high aberration yields were obtained for each of them leading to correspondingly high equivalent whole body doses ("biological dosimetry"). The contrib...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Weber J,Scheid W,Traut H

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With present-day rapid increases in the applications of radiofrequency microwave radiation in research, medicine, defense, communications, and industry, it has become necessary to have simple inexpensive portable radiofrequency microwave field strength meters for health and safety surveys around operating equipment. T...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Sachdev RN,Swarup G,Rajan KK,Joseph L

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the increasing interest in environmental protection against ionizing radiation on the international scene, the need for operational tools for radiological environmental risk assessment is becoming critical. Within this framework, this paper puts forward a fast and user-friendly computerized method to allow the ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Beaugelin-Seiller K,Jasserand F,Garnier-Laplace J,Gariel JC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dose reconstruction was carried out on a case in which a worker was exposed to soft x rays using time motion studies, an ionization chamber for low energy photon measurements, and CdZnTe (CZT) spectrometry. The worker estimated his dose to be over 600 mSv. However, the doses to the skin and testes were evaluated to ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Suzuki T,Matsumoto M,Kim E,Yajima K,Akashi M,Fujimoto K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Storage of radon-producing material in two silos and two waste pits is one of the major environmental and occupational issues at a former uranium production facility, now a Superfund site. In addition, up to 100 metric tons of thorium is stored on the northeast side of the site. Concentrations of radium up to 17,600 B...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Merrill EA,Akbar-Khanzadeh F

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim of developing genetic tests for elevated and reduced radiation sensitivity, the authors studied the correlations between various genotypes and frequencies of spontaneous and radiation-induced chromosome aberrations in human lymphocytes. Cytogenetic analysis and genotyping (19 sites of detoxification and D...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Salnikova L,Chumachenko A,Belopolskaya O,Rubanovich A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least 350,000 workers at U.S. radiation facilities are being followed up to monitor their mortality experience, with particular reference to cancer. Although these studies are expensive, they are needed from the standpoint of public health and radiation protection; they also provide a useful check that the risk ext...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Shore RE

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The longterm behavior of 137Cs in milk of a Bavarian farm (farm A) deposited as a consequence of the Chernobyl accident has been followed from April 1986 until August 1994. On the basis of activity measurements in milk and feed, transfer coefficients for the different seasons have been estimated in order to see any ch...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Voigt G,Rauch F,Paretzke HG

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Regulatory Guide 8.39, "Release of Patients Administered Radioactive Materials," permits licensees to authorize the release of patients treated with 131I [(T 1/2)p = 8.04 d] if the total dose equivalent to another individual from the released individual is not likely to exceed 5 mil...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： DeSantis DM,Chabot GE

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-five years after the Hanford Site was initially created as the primary plutonium production site for atomic weapons development under the Manhattan Project, the American Nuclear Society and the Health Physics Society are sponsoring a conference from 30 September through 3 October 2018, in Pasco, Washington, ti...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Glines WM,Markham A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the spatial and temporal distribution of microscopic radiation doses lead to potentially important questions regarding conventional approaches to radiation protection. The short ranges of alpha-particle and Auger-electron emissions from radionuclides lead to uncertainties in assessing their hazards. The con...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Goodhead DT

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies performed decades ago in the canine and nonhuman primate established the dose response relationships for the hematopoietic acute radiation syndrome in response to mixed neutron/gamma, x-radiation, and Co gamma radiation. There were no published studies that determined the dose response relationships for the ga...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： MacVittie TJ,Jackson W 3rd

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard mathematical treatment of the buildup and decay of airborne radionuclides on a filter paper uses the solutions of the so-called Bateman equations adapted to the sampling process. These equations can be interpreted as differential equations for the expectation of an underlying stochastic process, which des...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Groer PG,Lo Y

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monetary value of the averted dose is a key element in the implementation of the optimization principle both in radiation praxis and intervention. The main concept of this principle is to select options so as to maintain exposures at a reasonable level. The feature of this concept is to look for the minimal total ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Eged K,Kanyár B,Kis Z,Tatay T,Ivády A,Volent G

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to spark discharges may occur beneath high voltage transmission lines when contact is initiated with a conductive object (such as a motor vehicle) with the spark discharge mediated by the ambient electric field from the line. The objective of this study was to assess whether such exposures could interfere wit...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Korpinen L,Kuisti H,Tarao H,Virtanen V,Pääkkönen R,Dovan T,Kavet R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the summers of 1990 and 1991, outdoor 222Rn detectors were installed for 3 mo in 78 communities across Canada. The 1990 measurements showed large regional variations with the average outdoor levels for the provinces of Manitoba (59 Bq m-3) and Saskatchewan (61 Bq m-3) exceeding the average indoor levels of 55 Bq m-...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Grasty RL

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of the effective diffusion coefficient, De, of 222Rn in concrete are important for accurate determination of transport mechanisms and computer modeling of radon entry into structures. A method for in-situ determination of De as well as the emanation fraction, F, is described. It is based on continuous mea...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Gadd MS,Borak TB

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The air-kerma rate constant gamma delta (and its precursors), as one of the basic radiation characteristics of 192Ir, was determined by many authors. Analysis of accessible data on this quantity led us to the conclusion that published data strongly disagree. That is the reason we calculated this quantity on the basis ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Ninković MM,Raiĉevìć JJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article an overview of the historical development of light water reactor health physics programs is presented. Operational health physics programs have developed and matured as experience in operating and maintaining light water reactors has been gained. Initial programs grew quickly in both size and complexit...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Prince RJ,Bradley SE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beagle dogs were given subcutaneous implants of plutonium in their forepaws to mimic hand wounds received by workers accidentally contaminated with plutonium. Ten dogs received 9.46 +/- 0.43 mu Ci of plutonium oxide, and eight dogs received 1.25 +/- 0.60 mu Ci of plutonium nitrate. Surviving dogs were sacrificed at 8 ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Dagle GE,Bristline RW,Lebel JL,Watters RL

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoor 222Rn in high-rise buildings originates inside the building materials, then diffuses gradually through the intergranular spaces of the material into the room atmosphere. Therefore, the radionuclide contents and the physical properties of the building materials are important for indoor 222Rn levels in Hong Kong....

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Tso MY,Ng CY,Leung JK

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radon-222 concentrations in the air of 12 tourist caves in Slovenia, Yugoslavia were measured. In almost all the caves concentrations are higher than in the outdoor air, with the highest concentration in the Tabor Cave at about 6000 Bq m-3. From the 222Rn concentrations obtained, the activity of 222Rn inhaled by a vis...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kobal I,Smodis B,Burger J,Skofljanec M

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors affecting indoor radon properties in Hong Kong have been studied, including the radon concentration, the total potential alpha energy concentration of radon progeny, the equilibrium factor, and the fraction of unattached radon progeny. These factors fall into three categories, namely, (1) the building char...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Yu KN,Young EC,Li KC

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several soil samples of Bangalore region were analyzed for the concentrations of Ra, Th, and K by gamma ray spectrometry. The concentration of Ra varied in the range 7.7-111.6 Bq kg with a mean value of 26.2 Bq kg, Th in the range 16.7-98.7 Bq kg with a mean of 53.1 Bq kg, and that of K in the range 151.8-1424.2 Bq kg...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Prasad NG,Nagaiah N,Ashok GV,Karunakara N

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pantex Plant significantly revised its Radiological Control Manual to improve its usability, streamline plant procedures, and clarify conflicting guidance. This article overviews the process used to develop the new Radiological Control Manual. ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Farrell LM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess internal annual dose in the general public in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, 80 duplicate cooked diet samples, equivalent to the food consumed over a 400-d period by one person, were collected from 100 volunteers in Aomori City and the village of Rokkasho during 2006–2010 and were analyzed for 11 radionuclides. T...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Ohtsuka Y,Kakiuchi H,Akata N,Takaku Y,Hisamatsu S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the laser safety officer and any laser safety program is to prevent a laser accident from occurring, in particular, one that causes an injury to a person's eyes. Most laser safety courses "in-house commercial" discuss laser accidents, causes, and types of injury. Many do not address appropriate actions to ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Barat K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00