Health Physics Society Journal

October 2007, Volume 93, Number 4

Microscopic biopsies of dark and light mini-pig skin surface 48 h after threshold irradiation (H&E stain. Original magnification ×200). a2,a3: dark colored skin; b2,b3: light colored skin; a2,b2: histological section of normal skin; a3,b3: histological section of threshold lesions, vascular dilation and thrombosis in dermal blood vessels (arrow 1), perivascular inflammation (arrow 2), regenerated epidermal cells growing under necrotic epidermis (arrow 3), and transmural necrosis of epidermis (arrow 4). See article by Bo Chen et al. on page 273 for more information.

EDITORIAL

The Role of Stakeholders in Radiation Protection — Richard J. Vetter

PAPERS

The Role Played by Stakeholders in the Public Debate that Brought Italy out of the Club of Nuclear Energy Producers — Marie Claire Cantone, Giancarlo Sturloni, and Giancarlo Brunelli

The Calculation of Dose Enhancement Close to Platinum Implants for Skull Radiography — Joel Y.C. Cheung and Fuk-hay Tang

Effect of Pigmentation Density Upon 2.0 μm Laser Irradiation Thermal Response — Bo Chen, Daniel C. O'Dell, Sharon L. Thomsen, Robert J. Thomas, and Ashley J. Welch

Frequency Spectra from Current vs. Magnetic Flux Density Measurements for Mobile Phones and Other Electrical Appliances — Aksel Straume, Anders Johnsson, Gunnhild Oftedal, and Jonna Wilén

Variation in Yearly Residential Radon Concentrations in the Upper Midwest — Zugui Zhang, Brian Smith, Daniel J. Steck, Qun Guo, and R. William Field

Exposure Assessment of Aluminum Arc Welding Radiation — Chiung-yu Peng, Cheng-hang Lan, Yow-jer Juang, Ta-ho Tsao, Yu-tung Dai, Hung-hsin Liu, and Chiou-jong Chen

Dust Particle Size Effects on Absorbed Fraction Values in the Anterior Nose — H.M. Moussa

NOTES

Follow Up Study of Radiocesium Contamination in a Greek Forest Ecosystem — A. Clouvas, S. Xanthos, G. Takoudis, M. Antonopoulos-Domis, D.A. Alifrangis, M. Zhiyanski, and M. Sokolovska

Fundamental Uncertainties in Lung Counting — Gary H. Kramer and Barry M. Hauck

CORRESPONDENCE

Decay of Environmental ¹³⁷Cs — Joel I. Cehn

Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Power, and Confidence Limits in the Presence of Epistemic Uncertainty — Daniel O. Stram, Duncan C. Thomas, and Kenneth J. Kopecky

Response to Stram et al. — Eduard Hofer

BOOK REVIEWS

Radiation Risks in Perspective — Reviewed by Ludwig E. Feinendegen

The Undergrowth of Science: Delusion, Self-Deception and Human Frailty — Reviewed by Edward Waller

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Health Physics Society Prospectus

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