Radiation protection in the health sciences
- 2nd ed.
- Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2007.
- xiv, 307 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Problem solutions manual (27 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.) inserted.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-292) and index.
Fundamental concepts -- Detectors -- Units associated with radiation protection -- Biological effects and effective/equivalent dose limits -- Common survey and calibration instruments -- Personnel monitors -- Practical means of radiation protection -- Principles governing specific devices : good working habits -- Radionuclides and the law -- Shielding from external radiation -- Internal dosimetry -- Absorbed dose from external photons.