Radiation protection--a look to the future: ICRP perceptions.

abstract：:On 29 December 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This article on OSHA, Title 29, Part 1910.1096 Ionizing Radiation standard was written to increase awareness of the employer, the workforce, state and federal governments, and those...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Lewis RK

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was directed by Congress to assess the risk of thyroid cancer from 131I associated with fallout from the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) was requested by DHHS to address Public Law 97-414, Section 7 (...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Wachholz BW

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of doses related to exposures to ionizing radiation is an essential part of all applications of ionizing radiation including radiation medicine, radiation protection, radiation biology, radiation epidemiology, and also industrial uses of radiation. Absorbed dose is generally considered to be the fundame...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Menzel HG

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multifaceted radiochemical testing procedure has been developed to analyze a large number of liquid samples and measure a wide range of radionuclides in a short period of time. This method involves a single, unique and fast sample preparation procedure and allows sequential/concurrent determination of analytes with ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Parsa B,Henitz JB,Carter JA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of natural alpha-emitting isotopes of thorium (228Th, 230Th and 232Th) have been determined in 22 sets of human tissue samples obtained at autopsy from Grand Junction, CO and in 10 sets from Washington, DC. Tissues included lung, pulmonary lymph nodes, liver, kidney, bone, a few gonads, spleen and t...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Ibrahim SA,Wrenn ME,Singh NP,Cohen N,Saccomano G

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear weapons testing was conducted in the atmosphere at numerous sites worldwide between 1946 and 1980, which resulted in exposures to local populations as a consequence of fallout of radioactive debris. The nuclear tests were conducted by five nations (United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France, and China...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Simon SL,Bouville A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several radiation dose- and time-dependent tissue sequelae develop following acute high-dose radiation exposure. One of the recognized delayed effects of such exposures is lung injury, characterized by respiratory failure as a result of pneumonitis that may subsequently develop into lung fibrosis. Since this pulmonary...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Garofalo M,Bennett A,Farese AM,Harper J,Ward A,Taylor-Howell C,Cui W,Gibbs A,Lasio G,Jackson W 3rd,MacVittie TJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a spallation neutron source with a mercury target will lead to the production of rare radionuclides. The dose coefficients for many of these radionuclides have not yet been published. A collaboration of universities and national labs has taken on the task of calculating dose coefficients for the rar...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Arndt A,Shanahan J,Gold C,Brey R,Gesell T,Patton P,Rudin M,Eckerman K,Rusetski V,Pagava S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) operates an environmentally controlled chamber for purposes of exposing various radon and decay product measurement equipment to known (222)Rn concentrations. Exposure durations range from 1 h to several months, and (222)Rn concentrations vary between 37 and 4,440 Bq m(-3...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Ronca-Battista M,Budd G,McLemore S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Goiânia accident, many individuals suffered external and internal contamination. The screening of internal contamination was done through 137Cs urinary excretion. During the first month after the accident, only in-vitro bioassay procedures were done. Incorporation into the body and committed doses were estimate...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Lipsztein JL,Bertelli L,Melo DR,Azeredo AM,Julião L,Santos MS

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The federal government has had the ability to respond to incidents of national significance for decades. Since 11 September 2001, there have been enhancements to existing federal assets and the creation of new federal assets. This presentation will provide an overview of the more significant federal assets. Pivotal to...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Remick AL,Crapo JL,Woodruff CR

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute radiation syndrome represents the clinical response of radiation-sensitive key tissues (i.e., hematopoietic, gastrointestinal and neurovascular) following exposure to high doses of ionizing radiation. In this context, the hematopoietic syndrome remains the first therapeutic challenge. Today, identifying new drug...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Drouet M,Hérodin F

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results are presented from a statewide survey that measured annual 222Rn concentrations in over 2000 single-family, owner-occupied homes in New York state. The participants were selected by a random-digit-dialing telephone interview approach developed by Mitofsky-Waksberg which allows inferences to be made from the sa...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Perritt RL,Hartwell TD,Sheldon LS,Cox BG,Clayton CA,Jones SM,Smith ML,Rizzuto JE

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis and evaluation of 241Am in the whole body of a donor to the U.S. Transuranium Registry (USTR) is presented in five parts. The USTR donor's pertinent medical history, autopsy findings and antemortem evaluations of intake and systemic burden are described in Parts I and II. The donor was a 49-yr-old male Cau...

journal_title：Health physics

authors：

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes the current state of research on possible health effects of Wi-Fi (a commercial name for IEEE 802.11-compliant wireless networking). In response to public concerns about health effects of Wi-Fi and wireless networks and calls by government agencies for research on possible health and safety issu...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Foster KR,Moulder JE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoor Rn concentrations and Rn in adjacent karst terrains were studied at four houses with crawlspaces in Huntsville, AL. In warm summertime weather, Rn-rich air may vent through limestone solution cavities exposed as holes at the surface of the properties. A probable interrelated-finding is that the indoor levels of...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Wilson DL,Gammage RB,Dudney CS,Saultz RJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This document describes the attributes of an alpha spectroscopy counting and analysis system called Low Level Pulse Height Analysis (LLPHA). It was developed for multi-sample alpha spectroscopy analysis. The LLPHA system is controlled by a MIK-11/2 microcomputer with 28K of memory and uses a double-density, dual flopp...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Guilmette RA,Archibeque FA

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Commission on Radiological Protection system of radiological protection is based on three pillars: science, ethical and social values, and experience. As far as ethics and the protection of humans are concerned, the system combines the values of beneficence/non-maleficence, prudence, justice, and dig...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Lochard J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The broad based mission statements of public institutions whose charters are to educate the public is analyzed so that common threads pertinent to homeland security action items can be correlated with the public education scope. The intent of the coordination is to ensure that the prevention component in addition to t...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： McCarthy ME

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：:The importance of the ingestion dose pathways in collective effective dose due to severe reactor accidents is evaluated by studying two different radioactive accidental releases. A short description of the ingestion dose pathway model is also given. Typically, exposure via contaminated food without countermeasures cau...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Partanen JP,Savolainen I

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In June 2006, the Radiation Studies Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a workshop to explore rapid methods of facilitating radiological triage of large numbers of potentially contaminated individuals following detonation of a radiological dispersal device. Two options were discussed. The fir...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Bolch WE,Hurtado JL,Lee C,Manger R,Burgett E,Hertel N,Dickerson W

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient exposure to medical and dental x rays has long been of interest to the radiological health community. With the cooperation of state and local agencies and professional groups, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health has conducted three major surveys of patient exposure to x rays. The latest of these sur...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Johnson DW,Goetz WA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in wireless technologies have lead to an increase in wireless instrumentation present in healthcare centers. This paper presents an analytical method for characterizing electric field (E-field) exposure within these environments. The E-field levels of the different wireless communications systems have ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： de Miguel-Bilbao S,Martín MA,Del Pozo A,Febles V,Hernández JA,de Aldecoa JC,Ramos V

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental measurements of velocity and tracer gas concentration are taken in a straight tube to evaluate the effectiveness of mixing in achieving conditions as required by ANSI N13.1-1999 for single point extractive sampling from stacks and ducts of nuclear facilities. Mixing is evaluated for inlet turbulent intens...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Anand M,McFarland AR,Rajagopal KR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dosimetry for exposure to gamma radiation in the environment is reviewed, including the factors used to convert measurements of traceable quantities to effective dose equivalent. A value of 0.70 Sv Gy-1 is widely used to convert air kerma or absorbed dose-to-air to effective dose equivalent, but recent work shows ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Clark MJ,Burgess PH,McClure DR

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of 222Rn levels in 453 houses of physics professors from 101 universities in 42 states (plus the District of Columbia) was carried out with 1-y exposures of nuclear track detectors, accompanied by an extensive questionnaire. The geometric mean concentration was 38 Bq/m3 (1.03 pCi/l), the standard deviation wa...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Cohen BL

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plane shields made of Pb with a water tank behind them were irradiated by 2.5-GeV bremsstrahlung. The longitudinal distribution of the absorbed dose in water was measured using a scintillation counter. The results are compared with Monte Carlo calculations and published depth dose tables. ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Ban S,Hirayama H,Miura S

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported here are results of a 1982 national survey in France to establish the collective effective dose equivalent associated with the main types of radiological examinations practiced annually in this country (except nuclear medicine, C.T. scans, dental radiology and mass chest screening). This report describes the ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Maccia C,Benedittini M,Lefaure C,Fagnani F

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spreadsheet macro programs for calculations of exact hazard and probability of having contracted cancer were used to study the implications of the lung cancer model of Moolgavkar et al. Excess lifetime risk ELR and loss of life expectancy LLE were calculated from the annual values of hazard and probability, using publ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Castrén O

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00