Basic Health Physics - Problems and Solutions (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

Designed to prepare candidates for the American Board of Health Physics Comprehensive examination (Part I) and other certification examinations, this monograph introduces professionals in the field to radiation protection principles and their practical application in routine and emergency situations. It features more than 650 worked examples illustrating concepts under discussion along with in-depth coverage of sources of radiation, standards and regulations, biological effects of ionizing radiation, instrumentation, external and internal dosimetry, counting statistics, monitoring and interpretations, operational health physics, transportation and waste, nuclear emergencies, and more.
Reflecting for the first time the true scope of health physics at an introductory level, Basic Health Physics: Problems and Solutions gives readers the tools to properly evaluate challenging situations in all areas of radiation protection, including the medical, university, power reactor, fuel cycle, research reactor, environmental, non-ionizing radiation, and accelerator health physics.

General

Imprint:	Blackwell Verlag GmbH
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	March 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Joseph John Bevelacqua
Dimensions:	246 x 180 x 42mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	768
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-527-40823-8
Categories:	Books
LSN:	3-527-40823-1
Barcode:	9783527408238

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