Principles of Radiological Health and Safety
James E. Martin
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Description for Principles of Radiological Health and Safety
Hardcover. Many health and scientific professionals require a basic understanding of radiological safety principles. This work aims to provide an understanding of radiological safety principles and serves as a useful resource for safety personnel who also handle radiation safety duties. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: KNXC; MMPH; RNP; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 880.
Many health and scientific professionals require a basic understanding of radiological safety principles, even and especially if they are not specialists in radiological health. Principles of Radiological Health and Safety is designed for this purpose as well as a resource for safety personnel who also handle radiation safety duties. It is a text of basic concepts needed in broad-based protection programs, with real-world examples and practice problems to demonstrate principles and hone skills.
Many health and scientific professionals require a basic understanding of radiological safety principles, even and especially if they are not specialists in radiological health. Principles of Radiological Health and Safety is designed for this purpose as well as a resource for safety personnel who also handle radiation safety duties. It is a text of basic concepts needed in broad-based protection programs, with real-world examples and practice problems to demonstrate principles and hone skills.
Resource data for practical problems in radiation protection are provided along with illustrative examples of their use. For example, modes and energies of radioactive transformation, radiation ... Read more
-Atom structure and radioactivity
-Radiation protection standards and programs
-Radiation interactions and dose
-Environmental radiological assessment
-Radiation shielding
-Radon
-Internal radiation dosimetry
-Radioactive waste
Safety professionals as well as students and teachers will find Principles of Radiological Health and Safety to be an invaluable addition to their professional and academic libraries.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780471254294
SKU
V9780471254294
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99-50
About James E. Martin
JAMES E. MARTIN, PhD, is a Certified Health Physicist and Professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He has been involved in numerous programs aimed at establishing standards and norms for protecting both people and the environment from radioactive materials and has published numerous papers on these subjects in Health Physics and Public Health Reports. CHUL ... Read more
Reviews for Principles of Radiological Health and Safety
"...very well suited for its intended audience, covering a large portion of the fundamentals..." (Health Physics, Vol. 84, No. 5, May 2003) "...the book is a very good one...in it a great deal of inspiration..." (Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2003) "...an excellent reference source on radiation protection theory, and provides a consolidate source of useful radiological data..." (Health ... Read more