Health Physics Society Journal

October 2010, Volume 99, Number 4

On the cover: A histological image and neutron-induced autoradiograph of a section of cortical bone from a Mayak worker showing the deposition and distribution of 239Pu. See article by Lyovkina et al. on page 464 for more information.

International Conference on Health Effects of Incorporated Radionuclides—Part 2: Monitoring and Analytical Methods, Radionuclide Biokinetics, and Dose Assessment

MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL METHODS

A Mobile Bioassay Laboratory for the Assessment of Internal Doses Based on In Vivo and In Vitro Measurements — B.M. Dantas, E.A. Lucena, A.L.A. Dantas, M.S. Santos, L.Q.C. Julião, D.R. Melo, W.O. Sousa, P.C. Fernandes, and S.A. Mesquita

Optimization of ⁹⁹Mo Measurement in ^99mTc Eluate Samples Using a Scintillation Detection System — Ana Letícia A. Dantas, Bianca S. Ribeiro, Raphael Sancho S. Souza, Eder A. Lucena, and Bernardo M. Dantas

RADIONUCLIDE BIOKINETICS

¹³¹I Biokinetics and Cytogenetic Dose Estimates in Ablation Treatment of Thyroid Carcinoma — Ana C.H. Nascimento, Joyce L. Lipsztein, Rossana Corbo, and Ana M.O. Rebelo

Quantitative Plutonium Microdistribution in Bone Tissue of Vertebra from a Mayak Worker — Yekaterina V. Lyovkina, Scott C. Miller, Sergey A. Romanov, Melinda P. Krahenbuhl, and Maxim V. Belosokhov

A Physiological Skeletal Model for Radionuclide and Stable Element Biokinetics in Children and Adults — Richard B. Richardson

Twenty-Four Years of Follow-Up for a Hanford Plutonium Wound Case — Eugene H. Carbaugh, Timothy P. Lynch, Cheryl L. Antonio, and Fernando Medina-Del Valle

Twelve Years of Follow Up of Cases with Old ²⁴¹Am Internal Contamination — Irena Malátová, Tomáš Vrba, Vĕra Bečková, and Helena Pospíšilova

DOSE ASSESSMENT

Impact on ¹⁴¹Ce, ¹⁴⁴Ce, ⁹⁵Zr, and ⁹⁰Sr Beta Emitter Dose Coefficients of Photon and Electron SAFS Calculated with ICRP/ICRU Reference Adult Voxel Computational Phantoms — W.B. Li, M. Zankl, H. Schlattl, N. Petoussi-Henss, K.F. Eckerman, W.E. Bolch, U. Oeh, and C. Hoeschen

Dose Conversion Factors for Radon: Recent Developments — James W. Marsh, John D. Harrison, Dominique Laurier, Eric Blanchardon, François Paquet, and Margot Tirmarche

Integration of Uncertainties into Internal Contamination Monitoring — E. Davesne, P. Casanova, E. Chojnacki, F. Paquet, and E. Blanchardon

Modeling Intersubject Variability of Bronchial Doses for Inhaled Radon Progeny — Werner Hofmann, Renate Winkler-Heil, and Majid Hussain

Three Plutonium Chelation Cases at Los Alamos National Laboratory — Luiz Bertelli, Tom L. Waters, Guthrie Miller, Milan S. Gadd, Michelle C. Eaton, and Raymond A. Guilmette

Case Study: Three Acute ²⁴¹Am Inhalation Exposures with DTPA Therapy — Eugene H. Carbaugh, Timothy P. Lynch, Curt N. Cannon, and Loren L. Lewis

The CONRAD Approach to Biokinetic Modeling of DTPA Decorporation Therapy — Bastian Breustedt, Eric Blanchardon, Philippe Bérard, Paul Fritsch, Augusto Giussani, Maria Antonia Lopez, Andrea Luciani, Dietmar Nosske, Jean Piechowski, Jutta Schimmelpfeng, and Anne-Laure Sérandour

Structure of a Single Model to Describe Plutonium and Americium Decorporation by DTPA Treatments — P. Fritsch, A.L. Sérandour, O. Grémy, G. Phan, N. Tsapis, E. Fattal, H. Benech, J.R. Deverre, and J.L. Poncy

A Case of Wound Intake of Plutonium Isotopes and ²⁴¹Am in a Human: Application and Improvement of the NCRP Wound Model — Anatoly E. Schadilov, Maxim V. Belosokhov, and Elena S. Levina

Ingestion of ²²⁶Ra from Activated Paints on Military Equipment: Transfer Factors and Doses — A. Schirmer

Medical Management of a Cutaneous Contamination — Philippe Berard, Xavier Michel, Florence Menetrier, and Pierre Laroche

Analysis of the Variability of Biokinetic Model Parameters due to Inter-Individual Variation — Wolfgang Klein, Bastian Breustedt, and Manfred Urban

MEDECOR—A Medical Decorporation Tool to Assist First Responders, Receivers, and Medical Reach-Back Personnel in Triage, Treatment, and Risk Assessment after Internalization of Radionuclides — Ed Waller and Diana Wilkinson

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