Fourteenth Annual Warren K. Sinclair Keynote Address: Aren't We Ready Yet? Closing the Planning, Response, and Recovery Gaps for Radiological Terrorism.

abstract：:Röntgen's description of his discovery of x rays was convincing and comprehensive. The response of the scientific community and public was immediate and intense. In contrast, the discovery of radioactivity was a muddled affair that excited little interest. While it would prove far more revolutionary than that of x ray...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Frame PW

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer death rates from the Beaumont-Hague "canton," where a nuclear facility is located, were compared with those for the Manche "département." No significant increase was found in cancer deaths during 1970-1982 for leukemias and in 1975-1982 for all other types of malignant tumors. ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Dousset M

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidents involving exposure to radiation or radioactive materials may involve an unusual degree of emotional trauma. Methods that may be employed in dealing with such trauma are discussed in relation to a specific accident in which a radiation worker was injured and seriously contaminated with 241Am. ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Brown WR

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method based on inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was developed to identify exposure to depleted uranium by measuring the isotopic composition of uranium in urine. Exposure to depleted uranium results in a decreased percentage of 235U in urine samples causing measurements to vary between n...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Ejnik JW,Carmichael AJ,Hamilton MM,McDiarmid M,Squibb K,Boyd P,Tardiff W

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A low-background phoswich detector is used to detect small amounts of 147Pm--a pure beta-emitting nuclide--present in the liver of an occupational worker. The assessment was based on the measurement of bremsstrahlung radiation produced by the beta particles in the tissue. Computer programs based on Monte Carlo techniq...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Bhati S

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The threat of radiation exposure from warfare or radiation accidents raises the need for appropriate animal models to study the acute and chronic effects of high dose rate radiation exposure. The goal of this study was to assess the late development of fibrosis in multiple organs (kidney, heart, and lung) in survivors...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Unthank JL,Miller SJ,Quickery AK,Ferguson EL,Wang M,Sampson CH,Chua HL,DiStasi MR,Feng H,Fisher A,Katz BP,Plett PA,Sandusky GE,Sellamuthu R,Vemula S,Cohen EP,MacVittie TJ,Orschell CM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Normalised Specific Activity (NSA), a quantity which relates the concentration of a contaminant per unit mass of vegetation to its daily rate of ground deposition, has been used as the basis for determining interception factors and retention half-lives for radioactive contaminants deposited on grain and leafy vege...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Simmonds JR,Linsley GS

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiofrequency-induced hyperthermia has recently gained acceptance in cancer therapy. One of a few commercially available systems is the Magnetrode, a device operating at 13.56 MHz with an output power up to 1000 W. Heating of the prescribed part of the patient's body is accomplished by one of the coil electrodes. To ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Stuchly MA,Repacholi MH,Lecuyer DW

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientific data are reviewed to evaluate the risks of radioiodine uptake and to compare those risks with the benefits and risks of low milligram doses of stable potassium iodide (KI). The limit of 25 rad to the thyroid due to radioiodine uptake is adopted as the "break-even" point above which 130-mg KI doses should be...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Meck RA,Chen MS,Kenny PJ

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose radiation is widely used across the world for the diagnosis of many diseases by means of a variety of imaging technologies. However, the harmful effects of exposure to low-dose radiation during medical examination remain controversial. The authors studied the effects of medical diagnostic low-dose x rays (i.e...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Tungjai M,Phathakanon N,Rithidech KN

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermoluminescent (TL) response to ultraviolet irradiation of CaF2:Tm phosphor is affected by pre-irradiation high-temperature treatment. The experimental results indicate that the maximum intrinsic TL output is about 2000 times higher for 1000 degrees C treatment than when not treated. TL stability for this phosp...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Li SH,Hsu PC,Weng PS

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of radon at 50 sites with varying geology indicate that outdoor air in Nevada is comparable to that measured nationwide by Hopper et al. (1991). The statewide median of 15 Bq m-3 (0.4 pCi L-1) is essentially the same as the nationwide median. The range is considerable: from 2.6-52 Bq m-3 (0.07-1.40 pCi L-...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Price JG,Rigby JG,Christensen L,Hess R,LaPointe DD,Ramelli AR,Desilets M,Hopper RD,Kluesner T,Marshall S

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of the dose rate distributions from radioactive sources, together with the specific detector locations with respect to those sources, in many cases presents a significant analytical challenge. With the exception of a few, simple source-detector geometries, it is not possible to find an analytical expres...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Zoeger N,Brandl A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a program of laboratory and field studies undertaken to assess the health impact of radioactive debris from the re-entry of the Soviety nuclear-powered satellite, Cosmos 954, on 24 January 1978. It was estimated that about one-quarter of the reactor core descended over Canada's Northwest Territori...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Tracy BL,Prantl FA,Quinn JM

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new dose limits recently adopted in Canada (and elsewhere in the world) have made it more difficult to detect some radionuclides by in vivo counting at the average dose limit of 20 mSv. This is particularly true for natural uranium. Two techniques have been developed by the Human Monitoring Laboratory to reduce th...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kramer GH,Hauck BM,Allen SA,Dantas BM,Dantas AL,Azeredo AM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In conventional radiation-therapy facilities, radiation doses to medical personnel originate from the leakage radiation of 60Co teletherapy systems or from photoneutrons produced during the operation of x-ray generators at energies over 10 MeV in unsuitably shielded therapy rooms. In neutron-therapy facilities, during...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Rosenberg I,Awschalom M,Ten Haken RK,Bennett BR

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent publication by in the April 28, 2004, issue of JAMA raises concern since it suggests that exposure to dental x rays during pregnancy could be responsible for human fetal growth retardation. Furthermore, the article could have a negative impact on the dental care of pregnant women who might fear the effect of ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Brent RL

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many first responders are outfitted with electronic personal dosimeters to recognize and be alerted to radiological hazards during their response operations. These dosimeters provide invaluable measurement data for force protection, allowing the first responder to assess a response situation and take protective measur...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Fabian R,Bell J,Brandl A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The shaft portion of the left femur from an individual occupationally exposed to Pu was used to investigate the suitability of an ethylenediamine extraction technique to separate mineral bone from organic material. Marrow in the lumen was removed before the extraction technique was used and was analyzed separately for...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Miglio JJ,Willis LC

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to evaluate the risks and doses for the internal contamination of the radiochemistry staff in a high workload medical cyclotron facility. The doses from internal contamination derive from the inhalation of radioactive gas leakage from the cells by personnel involved in the synthesis processes ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Calandrino R,del Vecchio A,Savi A,Todde S,Belloli S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When patients are exposed to ionizing radiation for medical diagnosis or treatment, the procedure being performed should be justified, and the amount of ionizing radiation used should be commensurate with the medical purpose. A legal limit on the amount of ionizing radiation used for medical exposure of a patient does...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Rosenstein M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This commentary evaluates two sets of guidelines for human exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy, focusing on the frequency range above the "transition" frequency at 3-10 GHz where the guidelines change their basic restrictions from specific absorption rate to incident power density, through the end of the RF band at...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Foster KR,Ziskin MC,Balzano Q

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For future space missions outside of the Earth's magnetic field, the risk of radiation exposure from solar particle events (SPEs) during extra-vehicular activities (EVAs) or in lightly shielded vehicles is a major concern when designing radiation protection including determining sufficient shielding requirements for a...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kim MH,Hayat MJ,Feiveson AH,Cucinotta FA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absorbed dose and dose equivalent conversion coefficients are routinely used in personnel dosimetry programs. These conversion coefficients can be applied to particle fluences or to measured air kerma values to determine appropriate operational monitoring quantities such as the ambient dose equivalent or personal dose...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Veinot KG,Hertel NE

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of workers internally contaminated with Am have been followed for about 12 years. The source of contamination was AmO2 powder used for production of AmBe neutron sources and other applications. The production of some radionuclide sources included chemical treatment of the original material, which transformed t...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Malátová I,Vrba T,Becková V,Pospísilová H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper demonstrates the utility of a portable alpha Continuous Air Monitor (CAM) as a bench top scalar counter for multiple sample types. These include using the CAM to count fixed air sample filters and radiological smears. In counting radiological smears, the CAM is used very much like a gas flow proportional co...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Hayes RB,Peña AM,Goff TE

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements have been made of surface deposition rates for 218Po radon decay products in a small (0.283m3) aluminum test chamber for 222Rn levels from 1 to 1,600 kBq m-3. an increase in macroscopic surface deposition rate has been found to be induced by the high 222Rn concentrations. A distinct 222Rn level threshold ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Leonard BE

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The processes of uranium extraction, purification, and manufacture involve the risk of chemical intoxication. Acute uranium poisoning elicits renal failure which in turn may lead to death. Great efforts have been put into the search for a protective agent for acute uranium poisoning. Several chelating agents such as E...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Ubios AM,Braun EM,Cabrini RL

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine elementary schools in Maine were examined to track the release of 222Rn and to determine the transfer coefficient from water into air. Water-use simulations were performed by running sinks and sprayers for 1 h in a kitchen. The 222Rn in air was measured over 24 h throughout the school. The subsequent release of 2...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Guiseppe VE,Gould TJ,Hess CT

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radon-222 diffusion length has been measured for 28 Danish soils and sediments. Samples were placed in a diffusion column connected to a 222Rn reservoir and the transport of 222Rn through the column was measured. The diffusion length was found by comparing the measured data to time-dependent diffusion theory. Dry silt...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Søgaard-Hansen J,Damkjaer A

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00