Health Physics Society Journal

March 2012, Volume 102, Number 3

On the cover: Adult male hybrid phantom. See paper by Wesley Bolch and colleagues on page 305 for more information.

CONTENTS

PAPERS

²³⁸Pu: Accumulation, Tissue Distribution, and Excretion in Mayak Workers after Exposure to Plutonium Aerosols — Klara G. Suslova, Alexandra B. Sokolova, Viktor V. Khokhryakov, and Scott C. Miller

²³⁸Pu: A Review of the Biokinetics, Dosimetry, and Implications for Human Exposures — Klara G. Suslova, Valentin F. Khokhryakov, Alexandra B. Sokolova, and Scott C. Miller

Exposure of the Swiss Population by Medical X-Rays: 2008 Review — Eleni Theano Samara, Abbas Aroua, Francois O. Bochud, Barbara Ott, Thomas Theiler, Reto Treier, Philipp R. Trueb, John-Paul Vader, and Francis R. Verdun

Exposure Rate Constants and Lead Shielding Values for Over 1,100 Radionuclides — David S. Smith and Michael G. Stabin

Hybrid Computational Phantoms Representing the Reference Adult Male and Adult Female: Construction and Applications for Retrospective Dosimetry — Jorge L. Hurtado, Choonsik Lee, Daniel Lodwick, Timothy Goede, Jonathan L. Williams, and Wesley E. Bolch

Guidance on the Use of Handheld Survey Meters for Radiological Triage: Time-Dependent Detector Count Rates Corresponding to 50, 250, and 500 mSv Effective Dose for Adult Males and Adult Females — Wesley E. Bolch, Jorge L. Hurtado, Choonsik Lee, Ryan Manger, Eric Burgett, Nolan Hertel, and William Dickerson

Estimated Lag Time in Global Carbon Emissions and CO₂ Concentrations Produced by Commercial Nuclear Power Through 2009 with Projections through 2030 — Neil M. Coleman, Lee R. Abramson, and Fiona A.B. Coleman

Annual Committed Effective Dose from Olive Oil (Due to ²³⁸U, ²³²Th, and ²²²Rn) Estimated for Members of the Moroccan Public from Ingestion and Skin Application — M.A. Misdaq and R. Touti

NOTE

Further Comments on the Induction of Lung Tumors by Plutonium Dioxide in Beagles — J.A. Simmons and S.R. Richards

CORRESPONDENCE

The Stochastic Nature of All Radiation Effects — A. Brodsky

Response to Brodsky — Otto G. Raabe

Is There Really Any Risk from Radon? — David J. Pawel and Jerome S. Puskin

Response to Pawel and Puskin — Krzysztof W. Fornalski and Ludwik Dobrzyńcski

Natural vs. Artificial Anthropometric Phantoms for Measuring Bone-Seeking Radionuclides — Henry Spitz, Samuel Glover, and David Hickman

Reply to Spitz et al. — Gary H. Kramer, María Antonia López, David Broggio, Sergei Tolmachev, Werner Rühm

BOOK REVIEW

Basic Radiation Protection Technology, Sixth Edition — Craig M. Marianno

OTHER CONTENT

News and Notices

Health Physics Society Prospectus

Health Physics Society Affiliate Members

Author Guidelines

Advertisers Guide

Advertisers Index

Up and Coming

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