Radiation Protection and Dosimetry

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stabin, Michael G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Hadrons.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Nuclear engineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Nuclear Engineering.

This comprehensive text provides an overview of all relevant topics in the field of radiation protection (health physics). Radiation Protection and Dosimetry serves as an essential handbook for practicing health physics professionals, and is also ideal as a teaching text for courses at the universit...

Table of Contents:

• to Health Physics
• Scientific Fundamentals
• Radioactive Atoms–Nature and Behavior
• Interaction of Radiation with Matter
• Quantities and Units in Radiation Protection
• Biological Effects of Radiation
• The Basis for Regulation of Radiation Exposure
• Health Physics Instrumentation
• External Dose Assessment
• Internal Dose Assessment
• Radiation Protection Practice/Evaluation
• Environmental Monitoring for Radiation
• Nonionizing Radiation.