Published 1980 | Version v1
Book Metadata-only

Introduction and fundamentals

Creators

  • 1. Univ. of California, Berkeley

Description

This introduction discusses advances in the fundamental sciences which underlie the applied science of health physics and radiation protection. Risk assessments in nuclear medicine are made by defining the conditions of exposure, identification of adverse effects, relating exposure with effect, and estimation of the overall risk for ionizing radiations

Additional details

Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
Radiation protection

Publishing Information

Publisher
Plenum Publishing Corp.
Imprint Place
New York, NY
Imprint Title
Advances in radiation protection and dosimetry in medicine
Journal Page Range
p. 27-49.

Conference

Title
Conference on advances in radiation protection and dosimetry in medicine.
Dates
16 - 26 Sep 1979.
Place
Erice, Sicily, Italy.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
12626862
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; DOSIMETRY; IONIZING RADIATIONS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RISK ANALYSIS; WORKING CONDITIONS
Descriptors DEC
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGY; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MEDICINE; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS