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Potential radiation exposure in military operations [[electronic resource] ] : protecting the soldier before, during, and after / / Committee on Battlefield Radiation Exposure Criteria, Fred A. Mettler, Jr., chairman ; Susan Thaul and Heather O'Maonaigh, editors ; Medical Follow-up Agency, Institute of Medicine
| Potential radiation exposure in military operations [[electronic resource] ] : protecting the soldier before, during, and after / / Committee on Battlefield Radiation Exposure Criteria, Fred A. Mettler, Jr., chairman ; Susan Thaul and Heather O'Maonaigh, editors ; Medical Follow-up Agency, Institute of Medicine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.9/89705 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MettlerFred A. <1945->
ThaulSusan O'MaonaighHeather |
| Collana | Compass series |
| Soggetto topico |
Ionizing radiation - Dosage
Radiation - Safety measures Soldiers - Health and hygiene |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-18600-3
9786610186006 0-309-58110-9 0-585-07610-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455905603321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Potential radiation exposure in military operations [[electronic resource] ] : protecting the soldier before, during, and after / / Committee on Battlefield Radiation Exposure Criteria, Fred A. Mettler, Jr., chairman ; Susan Thaul and Heather O'Maonaigh, editors ; Medical Follow-up Agency, Institute of Medicine
| Potential radiation exposure in military operations [[electronic resource] ] : protecting the soldier before, during, and after / / Committee on Battlefield Radiation Exposure Criteria, Fred A. Mettler, Jr., chairman ; Susan Thaul and Heather O'Maonaigh, editors ; Medical Follow-up Agency, Institute of Medicine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.9/89705 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MettlerFred A. <1945->
ThaulSusan O'MaonaighHeather |
| Collana | Compass series |
| Soggetto topico |
Ionizing radiation - Dosage
Radiation - Safety measures Soldiers - Health and hygiene |
| ISBN |
0-309-17302-7
1-280-18600-3 9786610186006 0-309-58110-9 0-585-07610-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778651003321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Potential radiation exposure in military operations : protecting the soldier before, during, and after / / Committee on Battlefield Radiation Exposure Criteria, Fred A. Mettler, Jr., chairman ; Susan Thaul and Heather O'Maonaigh, editors ; Medical Follow-up Agency, Institute of Medicine
| Potential radiation exposure in military operations : protecting the soldier before, during, and after / / Committee on Battlefield Radiation Exposure Criteria, Fred A. Mettler, Jr., chairman ; Susan Thaul and Heather O'Maonaigh, editors ; Medical Follow-up Agency, Institute of Medicine |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.9/89705 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MettlerFred A. <1945->
ThaulSusan O'MaonaighHeather |
| Collana | Compass series |
| Soggetto topico |
Ionizing radiation - Dosage
Radiation - Safety measures Soldiers - Health and hygiene |
| ISBN |
9786610186006
9780309173025 0309173027 9781280186004 1280186003 9780309581103 0309581109 9780585076102 0585076103 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Potential Radiation Exposure in Military Operations -- Copyright -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Radiation Unit Conversion Chart -- Acronyms -- Contents -- Summary -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND RATIONALE -- RADIATION PHYSICS, RADIATION BIOLOGY, AND RADIATION SAFETY AND PROTECTION -- RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE INTERIM REPORT -- Underlying Philosophy -- Terminology -- Prospective Risk Assessments -- Dosimetry -- Reference Levels for Operational Exposure Guidance -- ETHICAL FRAMEWORK -- Justifying Placing Individuals at Risk of Harm -- Training, Recordkeeping, and Reporting -- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS -- Balancing Future and Present Harm -- Philosophy of Radiation Protection -- Communicating Risk -- Radiation Dosimetry, Records, and Reporting -- Follow-Up -- 1 Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- REPORT LAYOUT -- ETHICS -- Military Context -- 2 Fundamentals of Radiation Safety and Protection -- RADIATION PHYSICS -- RADIATION UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS -- Radiation Units -- Absorbed Dose -- Equivalent Dose -- Radiation Measurement -- SOURCES OF RADIATION EXPOSURE -- RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION -- RADIATION BIOLOGY -- Deterministic Effects -- Stochastic Effects -- ASSESSMENT OF RADIOGENIC TUMOR RISK -- Risk Factors -- Dose Range Covered by the Guidelines in This Report -- Modification of Risk -- Age -- Sex -- Type of Radiation -- Dose Rate and Magnitude -- Tissue -- Heritable and In Utero Effects -- Interaction with Other Exposures -- How to Apply Risk Factors -- Putting the Risks in Perspective -- 3 Standard Practices in Occupational Radiation Protection -- CONTROL PHILOSOPHY -- RADIATION SAFETY TRAINING FOR OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES -- Requirements of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- Risk Communication-An Important Function in Decisions for Radiation Safety -- Training and Radiation Risk Perceptions -- RECORDS AND RECORDKEEPING -- REPORTING.
4 Current Paradigms for Radiation Protection in the U.S. Army -- OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE -- NON-OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES UP TO 700 MILLISIEVERT -- HIGH-LEVEL EXPOSURES IN NUCLEAR WAR -- SUMMARY OF EXISTING ARMY PROGRAMS -- 5 Army Radiation Protection and Safety Programs in Light of Civilian Standard Practices and Recommendations for Improvement -- REVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE'S INTERIM REPORT -- Underlying Philosophy of Radiation Protection -- Interim Report Recommendations -- Terminology -- Interim Report Recommendations -- Prospective Risk Assessment -- Interim Report Recommendations -- Definition of a Radiological Area -- Dosimetry Requirements -- Dose Units -- Internal Dose -- Dose Cumulation Times -- Interim Report Recommendations -- Reference Levels for Operational Exposure Guidance -- Interim Report Recommendations -- Recordkeeping -- GUIDANCE ON RADIATION PROTECTION -- Training -- Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements -- Recordkeeping in Military Settings -- 6 Decisionmaking by Commanders -- INFORMATION -- JUSTIFICATION -- OPTIMIZATION -- COMMUNICATION -- 7 Follow-Up of Persons with Known or Suspected Exposure to Ionizing Radiation -- MEDICAL FOLLOW-UP -- Medical Assessment -- Medical Monitoring -- Medical Monitoring for Delayed Deterministic and Stochastic Effects of Radiation -- Effects of Accuracy of Monitoring and Disease Prevalence -- Assessment of the Benefit of Medical Monitoring -- Costs of Medical Monitoring -- Monitoring Sensitive Populations -- Screening for Specific Cancers -- Summary of Medical Monitoring Considerations -- Medical Testing -- Medical Care -- Medical Care for Early and Delayed Deterministic Effects -- Medical Care for Stochastic Effects -- Ethical and Legal Considerations: Follow-Up Programs -- EPIDEMIOLOGIC FOLLOW-UP -- Description and Rationale -- Issues of Study Design. Choice of Population and Outcome to be Studied -- Data Sources and Quality -- Military and Radiation-Specific Study Design Issues -- Ethical Issues -- Examples of Epidemiologic Studies of Military Exposures -- PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT -- 8 Recommendations -- BALANCING FUTURE AND PRESENT HARM -- PHILOSOPHY OF RADIATION PROTECTION -- COMMUNICATING RISK -- RADIATION DOSIMETRY, RECORDS, AND REPORTING -- FOLLOW-UP -- References -- Appendix A The ACE Directive -- Appendix B Participants in Committee Meetings and Workshop -- Appendix C Biographical Summaries -- COMMITTEE MEMBERS -- STAFF. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910957160603321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Raccomandazioni 1990 della Commissione Internazionale per la Protezione Radiologica adottate dalla Commissione nel Novembre 1990 / a cura di ICRP
| Raccomandazioni 1990 della Commissione Internazionale per la Protezione Radiologica adottate dalla Commissione nel Novembre 1990 / a cura di ICRP |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Roma : CNEN, 1977 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 211 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 616.9/89705 |
| Altri autori (Enti) |
International Commission on Radiological Protection
Comitato Nazionale Energia Nucleare |
| Soggetto topico |
Radiation injuries
Radiology, medical Radiation - Safety measures |
| Classificazione |
LC RA569
53.9.786 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991002195939707536 |
| Roma : CNEN, 1977 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Radiation protection for procedures performed outside the Radiology Department [[electronic resource] ] : recommendations / / of the National Council on Radiation, Protection and Measurements
| Radiation protection for procedures performed outside the Radiology Department [[electronic resource] ] : recommendations / / of the National Council on Radiation, Protection and Measurements |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bethesda, Md., : The Council, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (112 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.9/89705 |
| Collana | NCRP report |
| Soggetto topico |
Diagnosis, Radioscopic - Evaluation
Radiation - Safety measures |
| ISBN | 1-61344-817-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Radiologic Examinations Outside the Radiology Department""; ""2.1 Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory""; ""2.2 Operating Room""; ""2.3 Miscellaneous Examinations and Location""; ""2.4 Summary""; ""3. Sources of Exposure to Workers""; ""3.1 Total Radiation Exposure During the Procedure""; ""3.2 Personal Protection Techniques""; ""3.3 Equipment Evaluation, Maintenance and Monitoring""; ""4. Personal Monitoring""; ""4.1 Rationale""; ""4.2 Who Should Be Monitored?""; ""4.3 Methods of Monitoring Workers""
""4.4 Individual Responsibility for Personal Monitoring Devices""""4.5 Where Should Personal Dosimeters be Worn?""; ""4.6 Personal Monitoring Records""; ""4.7 Periodic Evaluation of Workers� Doses""; ""5. Administrative Responsibilities""; ""Appendix A Medical X Rays, Their Biological Effects, and Philosophy of Radiation Protection""; ""A.1 Interactions of Medical X Rays with Tissue""; ""A.2 Quantities and Units Relevant to Ionizing Radiation""; ""A.3 Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation""; ""A.4 Sources and Magnitude of Ionizing Radiation Exposure""; ""A.5 Risk and Risk Assessment"" ""A.6 Philosophy of Radiation Protection""""A.7 Dose Limits and Their Bases""; ""Appendix B The X-Ray Imaging Process""; ""B.1 Image Production""; ""B.2 Image Receptors""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""The NCRP""; ""NCRP Publications""; ""NCRP Reports""; ""NCRP Commentaries""; ""Proceedings of the Annual Meeting""; ""Lauriston S. Taylor Lectures""; ""Symposium Proceedings""; ""NCRP Statements""; ""Other Documents""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911006695003321 |
| Bethesda, Md., : The Council, 2000 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Risk estimates for radiation protection / / recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
| Risk estimates for radiation protection / / recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bethesda, MD, : the Council, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (156 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.9/89705 |
| Collana | NCRP report |
| Soggetto topico |
Radiation carcinogenesis - Epidemiology
Ionizing radiation - Safety measures Health risk assessment |
| ISBN |
978-0-929600-34-5
978-1-60119-397-1 0-929600-34-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Preface ""; ""Contents ""; ""1. Summary ""; ""2. Introduction ""; ""3. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation Reports ""; ""3.1 Earlier Reports of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation ""; ""3.2 The 1988 Report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation ""; ""4. Committee on Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations Reports ""; ""4.1 Earlier Reports of the Committee on Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations ""
""4.2 The 1990 Report of the Committee on Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations """"5. Comparison of the Reports of the 1988 UNSCEAR and the 1990 BEIR ""; ""5.1 Data Bases and Analysis ""; ""5.2 Reasons for Increase in Risk Estimates ""; ""6. Critiques of the Reports of the 1988 UNSCEAR and the 1990 BEIR ""; ""6.1 Data Bases ""; ""6.2 Dose and Relative Biological Effectiveness ""; ""6.3 Dose-Response Curves ""; ""6.4 Risks at Low-Dose Rates and with Protracted Exposures ""; ""6.5 Dose-Rate Effectiveness Factors ""; ""6.6 Age and Sex Dependence ""; ""6.7 Risk-Projection Models "" ""6.8 Transfer of Risks to Other Populations """"6.9 Estimates of Risk for Working Populations ""; ""6.10 Competing Causes of Mortality and Independence of Risks ""; ""6.11 Summary of New Risk Estimates for Cancer Mortality ""; ""7. ""In Utero"" Irradiation and Childhood Cancer ""; ""8. Radiation Effects in Children of Irradiated Parents ""; ""9. Cancer and Alpha-Particle Emitting Radionuclides ""; ""9.1 Radon ""; ""9.2 Radium ""; ""9.3 Thorium ""; ""9.4 Transuranic Elements ""; ""9.5 Summary ""; ""10. Iodine Radioisotopes and Thyroid Cancer ""; ""11. Hereditary Effects "" ""11.1 Introduction """"11.2 Estimates of Genetic Risk ""; ""11.3 Doubling Dose and Dominant Diseases ""; ""11.4 Aneuploidy Introduction ""; ""11.5 Translocations ""; ""11.6 Irregularly Inherited Diseases ""; ""11.7 Risk Estimates: Atomic-Bomb Studies ""; ""11.8 Summary of Risk Estimates ""; ""12. Radiation Effects on Brain ""; ""12.1 Radiation Effects on the Brain of the Embryo/Fetus ""; ""12.2 Radiation Effects on Intelligence ""; ""12.3 Studies of Radiation-Therapy Patients ""; ""13. The Relative Contributions of Fatal Cancers of Different Sites to the Detriment Induced by Radiation "" ""13.1 Introduction """"13.2 Sex ""; ""13.3 Age ""; ""13.4 National Populations and Transfer Models ""; ""13.5 United States Population Versus the International Commission on Radiological Protection ""Average Population"" ""; ""13.6 Expected Years of Life Lost from Fatal Cancer in Organs Versus Sex, Age, Population, and Model ""; ""13.7 Comparison of Estimates of Fatal Cancer Risks in Organs in 1991 With Those of 1977 ""; ""14. Detriment Due to Radiation Exposure at Low Doses ""; ""14.1 Introduction ""; ""14.2 Estimate of the Detriment ""; ""14.3 Tissue Weighting Factors "" ""14.4 Working Populations "" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911006575703321 |
| Bethesda, MD, : the Council, 1993 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Use of personal monitors to estimate effective dose equivalent and effective dose to workers for external exposure to low-LET radiation [[electronic resource] ] : recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
| Use of personal monitors to estimate effective dose equivalent and effective dose to workers for external exposure to low-LET radiation [[electronic resource] ] : recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bethesda, MD, : The Council, 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (70 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.9/89705 |
| Collana | NCRP report |
| Soggetto topico |
Radiation dosimetry
Radiation workers - Health and hygiene |
| ISBN | 1-4356-2995-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Preface ""; ""Contents ""; ""1. Introduction ""; ""1.1 Background and Scope ""; ""1.2 Effective Dose Equivalent and Effective Dose ""; ""2. Use of Personal Monitors for Workers in the United States ""; ""2.1 Calibration of Personal Monitors ""; ""2.2 Number and Location of Personal Monitors on Individuals ""; ""3. Estimating Effective Dose Equivalent or Effective Dose in Practice Using Personal Monitors ""
""3.1 Use of Personal Dose Equivalent for a Strongly-Penetrating Radiation Value Determined with One Personal Monitor as a Surrogate for Effective Dose Equivalent or Effective Dose """"3.2 Use of Personal Dose Equivalent for Strongly-Penetrating Radiation Values Determined from Two Personal Monitors to Estimate Effective Dose Equivalent or Effective Dose ""; ""3.3 Specific Approach When Protective Aprons Are Worn During Diagnostic Interventional Medical Procedures Using Fluoroscopy ""; ""4. Recommendations "" ""4.1 Use of Personal Dose Equivalent for a Strongly-Penetrating Radiation Value Determined with One Personal Monitor as a Surrogate for Effective Dose Equivalent """"4.2 Use of Personal Dose Equivalent for Strongly-Penetrating Radiation Values Determined from Two Personal Monitors to Estimate Effective Dose Equivalent ""; ""4.3 When a Protective Apron Is Worn During Diagnostic and Interventional Medical Procedures Using Fluoroscopy ""; ""References ""; ""The NCRP ""; ""Officers ""; ""Members ""; ""Honorary Members ""; ""Collaborating Organizations ""; ""Special Liaison Participants "" ""NCRP Publications """"NCRP Reports ""; ""NCRP Commentaries ""; ""Proceedings of the Annual Meeting ""; ""Lauriston S. Taylor Lectures ""; ""Symposium Proceedings ""; ""NCRP Statements ""; ""Other Documents ""; ""Superseded/Out-of-Print Documents ""; ""Index "" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911004699603321 |
| Bethesda, MD, : The Council, 1995 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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