Radiation Protection - A Guide for Scientists, Regulators, and Physicians, Fourth Edition

environmental health and safety professionals. The breadth of citations alone makes this resource invaluable.

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About the author

Jacob Shapiro is former Director of the University Radiation Protection Program and Senior Scientist in the Environmental Health and Safety Office, Harvard University. He is also Lecturer on Biophysics in Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Summary

This highly successful manual has served for nearly three decades as the definitive guide to the safe use of radioactive materials. Completely revised and updated, the fourth edition presents a new dimension by adding coverage of nonionizing radiation, and is thus concerned with the entire field of radiation protection.

Product details

• Authors: Jacob Shapiro, Shapiro Jacob
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2002
• EAN: 9780674007406
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00740-6
• Weight: 1565 g
• Illustrations: 3 halftones, 93 line illustrations, 81 tables
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Radiology, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical, MEDICAL / Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine, SCIENCE / Weights & Measures, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Clinical, SCIENCE / Scientific Instruments, SCIENCE / Laboratory Techniques, Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques, Nuclear chemistry, photochemistry & radiation, Scientific standards, measurement etc, MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques, Scientific Standards, Medical imaging: radiology, Nuclear chemistry, photochemistry and radiation