Health Physics Society Journal

September 2008, Volume 95, Number 3

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Personal RF electromagnetic-field exposure of the general public and relation with actual whole-body absorption in the human body. See article by W. Joseph et al. on page 317 for more information.   LWW image

PAPERS

How to Account for Uncertainty Due to Measurement Errors in an Uncertainty Analysis Using Monte Carlo Simulation — Eduard Hofer

Determination of 240Pu/239Pu Isotopic Ratios in Human Tissues Collected from Areas around the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site by Sector-Field High Resolution ICP-MS — M. Yamamoto, S. Oikawa, A. Sakaguchi, J. Tomita, M. Hoshi, and K.N. Apsalikov

Uncertainty Analysis of Doses from Inhalation of Depleted Uranium — M. Puncher, M.R. Bailey, and J.D. Harrison

An Experimental Analysis of the Contribution of 210Po and of 210Po Produced by 210Pb Decay to the Gross Alpha-Particle Activity of Water Samples — Michael F. Arndt and Lynn E. West

Characterization of Personal RF Electromagnetic Field Exposure and Actual Absorption for the General Public — W. Joseph, G. Vermeeren, L. Verloock, Mauricio Masache Heredia, and Luc Martens

Monte Carlo Estimation of Radiation Doses in Red Bone Marrow and Breast in Common Pediatric X-Ray Examinations — George I. Gialousis, Emmanuel N. Yakoumakis, Anastasios I. Dimitriadis, Zografia K. Papouli, Nikolaos E. Yakoumakis, Ioannis A. Tsalafoutas, Despoina I. Papadopoulou, and Evangelos K. Georgiou

NOTES

Effective Dose Estimation in Diagnostic Radiology with Two Dosimeters: Impact of the 2007 Recommendations of the ICRP — Heiner von Boetticher, J. Lachmund, and W. Hoffmann

A Technical Basis for the Continued Use of Exposure as an Acceptable Operational Quantity in Radiation Protection — Richard H. Olsher, Thomas D. McLean, and Alan L. Justus

OPERATIONAL TOPICS

Retrospective Determination of the Contamination in the HML's Counting Chambers — Gary H. Kramer, Barry Hauck, Kevin Capello, and Quoc Phan

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