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Radiation Protection: A Guide for Scientists, Regulators, and Physicians, Fourth Edition
Author(s) -
Shapiro Jacob,
Rajapakshe Rasika
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.1563665
Subject(s) - citation , agency (philosophy) , library science , international agency , psychology , medicine , computer science , cancer , sociology , social science
The author takes the novel approach of introducing the whole range of energies possessed by particles and electromagnetic waves at the beginning of the text, thus integrating coverage of ionizing and nonionizing radiation rather than considering them as two separate disciplines. He goes on to cover the entire spectrum of radiation sources, including radionuclides, x-ray machines, accelerators, nuclear reactors, power lines, microwave towers, and cellular phones.