Introduction to Health Physics: Fourth Edition

Overview

This introductory textbook provides the background to understand quantitative risk assessment for radiation dangers to human health. It focuses on health physics, which is the part of environmental health engineering that is used to protect the population against radiation's harmful effects. You'll find sections on physical principles, atomic and nuclear structure, radioactivity, biological effects of radiation, radiation safety, instrumentation, and principles of radiation protection. It addresses radiation safety and the philosophy of environmental health to reinforce the International Commission on Radiological Protection's (ICRP) recommended safety standards for pregnant and other radiation workers, members of the general public, and patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Practice problems are included at the end of every chapter.

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Bio of Herman Cember

Herman Cember, PhD, is Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

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Imprint

McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing

Filesize

25.84 MB

Number of Pages

864

eBook ISBN

0071643230