1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910135389803321

Titolo

Recursos humanos em saúde no MERCOSUL / / Organização Panamericana de Saúde, Escritório Regional da OMS, Programa Especial de Desenvolvimento de Recursos Humanos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : , : Editora FIOCRUZ, , 1995

ISBN

9788575413982

8585676191

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Soggetti

Medical personnel - Supply and demand - Argentina

Medical personnel - Supply and demand - Brazil

Medical personnel - Supply and demand - Uruguay

Medical personnel - Supply and demand - Paraguay

b Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Portoghese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

First collective effort of specialists, dealing in depth with the issue of human resources in health in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The book addresses the integration process and reflects on the situation in the field of human resources in these countries, with a focus on training, professional practice and the labour market - crossing and analysing data, comparing them - in the search for the establishment of a real picture. It also includes the Treaty for the Constitution of a Common Market (the Treaty of Asunción) and the Regulation of the Mercosur Joint Parliamentary Commission.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911006693203321

Titolo

Scientific basis for evaluating the risks to populations from space applications of plutonium : recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements / / [Raymond A. Guilmette, chairman ... et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bethesda, MD, : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, c2001

ISBN

1-4356-3068-8

1-60119-218-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

NCRP report ; ; no. 131

Altri autori (Persone)

GuilmetteRay A

Disciplina

612/.01448

Soggetti

Environmental risk assessment

Plutonium - Environmental aspects

Radiation - Health aspects

Radioactive wastes - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Issued February 5, 2001."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Space Applications of Plutonium-238""; ""1.2 Nuclear Safety in the United States Space Program""; ""1.3 Scope of Report""; ""2. Space Applications""; ""2.1 Missions""; ""2.2 Manufacturing Processes for Plutonium-238 Thermoelectric Generators""; ""3. Physical and Chemical Properties of Plutonium-238 ""; ""3.1 Introduction ""; ""3.2 Physical Properties ""; ""3.3 Chemical Properties ""; ""3.4 Chemical Behavior in the Environment ""; ""3.5 Role of Specific Activity on Physical/Chemical Behavior ""; ""4. Source Term ""

""4.1 Introduction """"4.2 Impact Testing ""; ""4.3 Projectile Testing ""; ""4.4 Explosion Overpressure Tests ""; ""4.5 Plutonium-Dioxide-238 Vaporization by Flame Heating ""; ""4.6 Conclusions ""; ""5. Environmental Transport of Released Plutonium-238 ""; ""5.1 Introduction ""; ""5.2 Transport Through Air ""; ""5.3 Transport in and on Soils ""; ""5.4 Transport into and onto Plants ""; ""5.5 Transport into and Through Farm Animals ""; ""5.6 Transport Through Aquatic Systems ""



""5.7 Considerations for any Plutonium-238 Released from Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator in Accidents Involving Space Missions Launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida """"6. Ecological Risk from Plutonium-238 in the Environment ""; ""6.1 Effects of Plutonium-238 on Biota ""; ""6.2 Radiosensitivity of Plants and Animals ""; ""7. Plutonium Metabolism and Biokinetics ""; ""7.1 Introduction ""; ""7.2 Gastrointestinal Absorption ""; ""7.3 Inhalation ""; ""7.4 Absorption of Plutonium Through Intact Skin ""; ""7.5 Systemic Distribution of Plutonium ""

""8. Dosimetry for Plutonium-Dioxide-238 Fuel Sources """"8.1 Exposure Conditions and General Considerations ""; ""8.2 External Dosimetry ""; ""8.3 Internal Dosimetry ""; ""9. Biological Effects of Plutonium-238 in Laboratory Animals ""; ""9.1 Introduction ""; ""9.2 Deterministic Effects ""; ""9.3 Neoplasia ""; ""9.4 Interaction of Plutonium with other Materials ""; ""9.5 Cancer Risk Estimates for Plutonium in Laboratory Animals ""; ""9.6 Summary ""; ""10. Studies of Plutonium-Exposed Humans ""; ""10.1 Clinical Investigations ""; ""10.2 Epidemiologic Studies of Plutonium Workers ""

""11. Human Health Risks from Plutonium-238 """"12. Research Needs, Summary, and Conclusions ""; ""12.1 Research Needs ""; ""12.2 Summary and Conclusions ""; ""Glossary ""; ""References ""; ""The NCRP ""; ""Officers ""; ""Members ""; ""Honorary Members ""; ""Lauriston S. Taylor Lecturers ""; ""Committees Engaged in Formulating Recommendations ""; ""Collaborating Organizations ""; ""Special Liaison Participants ""; ""NCRP Publications ""; ""NCRP Reports ""; ""NCRP Commentaries ""; ""Proceedings of the Annual Meeting ""; ""Lauriston S. Taylor Lectures ""; ""Symposium Proceedings ""

""NCRP Statements ""