Health Physics Society Journal

December 2009, Volume 97, Number 6


On the cover: A photo of the laboratory equipment used for etching of polycarbonate detectors. A home-stored CD is loaded for etching and consequent determination of the retrospective ²²²Rn exposure. See article by Dobromir S. Pressyanov on page 604 for more information.

AWARDS

2009 Founders Award—Kelly L. Classic — Citation by Genevieve S. Roessler

2009 Elda E. Anderson Award—Susan M. Jablonski — Citation by Jay Poston

2009 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award—David H. Sliney — Citation by Robert Newton Cherry, Jr.

2009 Geoffrey G. Eichholz Outstanding Science Teacher Award—Toni Velure — Citation by Michael Lewandowski

2009 Health Physics Society Fellow Members and Student Awards

2009 William A. McAdams Outstanding Service Award—Michael S. Terpilak — Citation by Patricia A. Milligan

PAPERS

Logistic Analysis of OBT Dynamics — Franz Baumgaertner, Tamara L. Yankovich, and Sang Bog Kim

A Study of the Shielding Used to Reduce Leakage and Scattered Radiation to the Fetus in a Pregnant Patient Treated with a 6-MV External X-Ray Beam — Bin Han, Bryan Bednarz, and X. George Xu

The Canadian National Calibration Reference Center for Bioassay and In Vivo Monitoring: An Update — Joseph N. Daka and Gary H. Kramer

Effective Dose Variation in Pediatric Computed Tomography: Dose Reference Levels in Greece — E. Yakoumakis, M. Karlatira, G. Gialousis, A. Dimitriadis, T. Makri, and E. Georgiou

Modeling a ²²²Rn Measurement Technique Based on Absorption in Polycarbonates and Track-Etch Counting — Dobromir S. Pressyanov

Multifactorial Study of the Risk of Lung Cancer among French Uranium Miners: Radon, Smoking, and Silicosis — Jean-Christophe Amabile, Klervi Leuraud, Blandine Vacquier, Sylvaine Caër-Lorho, Alain Acker, and Dominique Laurier

NOTES

Cardiac Catheterization: Impact of Face and Neck Shielding on New Estimates of Effective Dose — Heiner von Boetticher, Jörn Lachmund, and Wolfgang Hoffmann

On the Effect of an Error in a Standard D2O-Moderated ²⁵²Cf Energy Spectrum — F.M. Cummings

OPERATIONAL TOPIC

HML's Whole Body Counter: Measuring Highly Radioactive Persons — Gary H. Kramer, Kevin Capello, Albert Chiang, and Barry M. Hauck

CORRESPONDENCE

The Risk of Cancer from Natural Background Ionizing Radiation — Richard Wakeford, Gerald M. Kendall, and Mark P. Little

Reply to Wakeford — Raghu Ram K. Nair and Suminori Akiba

BOOK REVIEWS

Introduction to Health Physics, 4^th Edition — Reviewed by Nolan E. Hertel

Laser Safety Tools and Training — Reviewed by Jack M. Preses

The Reporter's Handbook on Nuclear Materials, Energy, and Waste Management — Reviewed by Kelly Classic

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