A graphical method for forecasting radiation exposure from multi-aged fallout from nuclear weapons.

abstract：:A severe radiological accident involving an industrial radiography source containing Ir occurred in China. A worker was seriously exposed, which resulted in acute radiation syndrome. Initial whole-body dose was estimated at 1.51 Gy (95% Confidence Interval: 1.40-1.61 Gy) using biological dosimetry. This work performed...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Lu W,Wu Z,Qiu R,Li C,Yang B,Gao S,Ren L,Li J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cosmic rays make a significant, but not normally a dominant, contribution to the radiation dose of people all over the world. However, doses rise with altitude and the earth's magnetic field means that latitude also becomes important. Solar activity imposes a further, time dependent, variation. This article gives more...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kendall GM

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uptake of 226Ra, 232Th, 230Th, and 228Th from water, sediment, and diet sources to bone and muscle of white suckers (Catostomus commersoni) was studied in sixteen lakes in the uranium-mining district of Ontario, Canada. Fish tissues did not increase linearly with environmental concentrations. The best relationship app...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Pyle GG,Clulow FV

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：: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：:A large-scale radiological incident would result in an immediate critical need to assess the radiation doses received by thousands of individuals to allow for prompt triage and appropriate medical treatment. Measuring absorbed doses of ionizing radiation will require a system architecture or a system of platforms that...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Grace MB,Moyer BR,Prasher J,Cliffer KD,Ramakrishnan N,Kaminski J,Coleman CN,Manning RG,Maidment BW,Hatchett R

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 380 Chinese adults of both sexes were studied for their total body K and 40K using the National Tsing Hua University whole-body counter. The K values were found to have an average of 1.75 +/- 0.4 g K kg-1 body weight for males and 1.41 +/- 0.1 g K kg-1 body weight for females. The average K value for both se...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Lan CY,Weng PS

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to develop and improve the sensitivity of an electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometer and to demonstrate its functionality for dosimetry in measuring ESR signals from radiation-exposed fingernails. The newly-developed spectrometer was a lightweight (22 kg) one-box ESR device with a resona...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Suzuki H,Tamukai K,Yoshida N,Ohya H,Kato K,Anzai K,Swartz HM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-level radioactive waste containing liquid scintillation fluid and known amounts of 14C and 3H has been incinerated in a modified pathological incinerator with the incinerator effluent, refractory surface and ash being monitored. The study relates the activity monitored to that incinerated and discusses how this re...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Hamrick PE,Knapp SJ,Parker MG,Watson JE Jr

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of uranium in water samples can be very helpful for providing guidelines to the general public regarding necessary remedial measures. A fission-track technique has been applied for the estimation of the uranium concentration in drinking water collected from natural springs of Muzaffarabad and hilly areas ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Akram M,Khattak NU,Qureshi AA,Iqbal A,Tufail M,Qureshi IE

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Correlations are studied between average radon levels in 1600 U.S. counties and mortality rates in them from various types of cancer. By far the strongest correlation is with lung cancer, but the sign of the correlation is negative. When smoking prevalence is included in a multiple regression, the large negative corre...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Cohen BL

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical workers constitute the largest group of individuals occupationally exposed to radiation, and their collective dose equivalent is exceeded only by persons employed in the nuclear fuel cycle. Although medical workers have increased in number by about 50% over the past two decades, their collective dose has stead...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Hendee WR,Edwards FM

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiations accidents involving high exposures require accurate assessment of radiation dose for correct surgical or medical management. Techniques involving computed tomography and antimyosin-antibody scintigraphy were evaluated in an experimental model of acute localized irradiation overexposure to 192Ir. Ten rabbits...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Albérini JL,Lefaix JL,Bansard JY,Bourguet P

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:This paper presents the findings of a study undertaken to determine the natural radioactivity present in some building materials in Nigeria using a gamma-ray spectrometer with a hyper pure germanium detector. A total of 118 samples of commonly used building materials were collected from manufacturers and suppliers of ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Ademola JA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fallout 137Cs levels in soil were measured at 11 diverse sites throughout Montana. Concentrations in near-surface samples ranged from 20-200 mBq g-1 (0.51-5.41 pCi g-1). Most of the 137Cs was in the top 10 cm of soil. Deeper occurrences were attributed to disturbances by animals and to interstitial flow of small sedim...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Arnalds O,Cutshall NH,Nielsen GA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While it is implicitly recognized that the benefits of diagnostic imaging far outweigh any theoretical radiogenic risks, quantitative estimates of the benefits are rarely, if ever, juxtaposed with quantitative estimates of risk. This alone - expression of benefit in purely qualitative terms versus expression of risk i...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Zanzonico PB

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radon exposure is associated with an increased incidence of lung cancer, and elevated levels may be found in as many as 1 out of 15 homes. The U.S. EPA recommends testing homes for radon and mitigating over the advisory level of 4 picocuries per liter (4 pCi L(-1), or 148 Bq m(-3)). A sample population from a list of ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Riesenfeld EP,Marcy TW,Reinier K,Mongeon JA,Trumbo CW,Wemple BE,Kaminsky DA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The movement through the environment and the toxicity to plants of 99Tc have been studied. However, information is scanty on 99Tc toxicity to mammals even though this is the decisive criterion for assessing the consequences of releases of Tc. A critical tissue could be the thyroid because of its preferential accumulat...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Gerber GB,Hegela M,Vankerkom J,Kirchmann R,Maisin JR,Lambiet-Collier M

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based case-control study of thyroid cancer was carried out in contaminated regions of Belarus and Russia among persons who were exposed during childhood and adolescence to fallout from the Chernobyl accident. For each study subject, individual thyroid doses were reconstructed for the following pathways of...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Drozdovitch V,Khrouch V,Maceika E,Zvonova I,Vlasov O,Bratilova A,Gavrilin Y,Goulko G,Hoshi M,Kesminiene A,Shinkarev S,Tenet V,Cardis E,Bouville A

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:The University of Cincinnati has reproduced the original formulation for the Livermore Thoracic Phantom lungs using contemporary materials and has adopted the linear attenuation coefficient as the primary quality assurance parameter for evaluating the performance capabilities of these new lung phantoms. The Livermore ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Spitz H,Glover S,Liu N,Smith B,Hickman D,Kruchten D,Anderson L

更新日期：1994-07-01 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 high-pressure ion chamber filled with 2.5825 X 10(5) kg m-2 argon as used to measure the dose rates of several sites of interest in an attempt to evaluate the dose rates contributed by cosmic rays. Observation sites included two water reservoirs deeper than 110 m, Mount Ali which is higher than 2500 m, airliners fly...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Weng PS,Chen CF

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main factors that affect the uncertainty in calculating the gamma-radiation absorbed dose rate inside a room is the variation in the degree of secular equilibrium of the considered radioactive series. A component of this factor, considered in this paper, is the release of radon (Rn) from building materials ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Orabi M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary target for uranium toxicity is the kidney. The most frequently used guideline for uranium kidney burdens is the International Commission on Radiological Protection value of 3 microg U g(-1) kidney, a value that is based largely upon chronic studies in animals. In the present effort, a risk model equation w...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Roszell LE,Hahn FF,Lee RB,Parkhurst MA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development and implementation of non-ionizing radiation safety programs differ from ionizing radiation safety programs primarily due to the absence of prescriptive state and federal regulations. Industry consensus standards and research publications provide the basis for non-ionizing radiation safety program developm...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Lewandowski MA,Hinz MW,Entwistle FB

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neyman-Pearson principles are briefly discussed and 95% confidence intervals of the form [0, ##.##] are presented. Use is made of the fact that the probability of the difference of two random variables, each with a Poisson distribution, can be expressed in terms of modified Bessel functions of integral order and eleme...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Potter WE

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 150 data sets giving time-dependent concentrations of 131I and 137Cs in feed and milk of cows after the Chernobyl accident are evaluated using a minimal compartmental modeling approach. Transfer of cesium via the grass-cow-milk pathway is adequately described by a three-compartmental model. No unique model r...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kirchner G

更新日期：1994-06-01 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