Author | Zaider, Marco. author |
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Title | Radiation Science for Physicians and Public Health Workers [electronic resource] / by Marco Zaider, Harald H. Rossi |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1301-8 |
Descript | X, 220 p. online resource |
Section A. Radiation Physics -- The Radiation Field -- Atomic Physics -- Nuclear Physics -- Interaction of Radiation with Matter -- Radiation Sources -- Appendix A. 1: Units, Quantities, and Physical Constants -- Appendix A.2: Elements of Quantum Mechanics -- Appendix A.3: Properties of Selected Elementary Particles -- Section B. Radiological Physics -- Intermediate Dosimetric Quantities -- Absorbed Dose -- Radiation Equilibrium -- Radiation Quality -- Experimental Dosimetry -- Practical Dosimetry -- Appendix B.1: Microdosimetry -- Appendix B.2: Dosimetric Calculations -- Section C. Radiation Biology -- Stochastic and Nonstochastic Effects -- Dose-Response Curves and Their Meaning -- Events: Spatial and Temporal Aspects -- Inactivation Cross Section -- Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE) and Enhancement Ratio (ER) -- A Survey of Cellular Radiation Effects -- Appendix C.1: A Mathematical Description of the Effect of Dose Rate on Survival Probability -- Section D. Radiation Effects on Human Populations -- Cancer Statistics for the U.S. Population -- Radiation Carcinogenesis in Humans -- Analyses of the Radiation Carcinogenesis Data -- Radiation Effects on the Skin -- Radiation Effects on the Eye -- Radiation Effects on the Embryo and Fetus -- Genetic Effects of Ionizing Radiation -- Appendix D.1: Elements of Survival Analysis -- Appendix D.2: Rudiments of Population Genetics -- Appendix D.3: Elements of Probability and Statistics -- Section E . Radiation Protection -- Dose Concepts -- Subsidiary Quantities -- Human Exposure to Ionizing Radiation -- Dose Limits -- The Practice of Radiation Protection -- Appendix E.1: Radiation Quality -- Appendix E.2: Effective Dose Equivalent -- Appendix E.3: Operational Quantities -- Appendix E.4: Dose Limits -- Appendix E.5: Measurement of the Dose Equivalent -- Endnotes