Health Physics Society Journal

November 2013, Volume 105, Number 5

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On the cover: 1. Emergency response personnel at the entrance to the 20 km exclusion zone around the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Facility [provided by Steven M. Becker, Old Dominion University College of Health Sciences]. 2. Antone L. Brooks, Thirty-sixth Lauriston S. Taylor Lecturer

SPECIAL ISSUE: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS MARCH 2012

CONTENTS

LAURISTON S. TAYLOR LECTURE

The Lauriston S. Taylor Lectures in Radiation Protection and Measurements � Thomas S. Tenforde

Antone (Tony) L. Brooks: A Life in Science During the First Three-Quarters of a Century of the Atomic Age � Roger O. McClellan

Thirty-sixth Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture on Radiation Protection and Measurements�From the Field to the Laboratory and Back: The What Ifs, Wows, and Who Cares of Radiation Biology � Tareq Alrefae

WELCOMING REMARKS

Welcome to the NCRP Forty-eighth Annual Meeting � Thomas S. Tenforde

WARREN K. SINCLAIR KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Ninth Annual Warren K. Sinclair Keynote Address: Effects of Childhood Radiation Exposure: An Issue From Computed Tomography Scans to Fukushima � Fred A. Mettler, Jr., Louis S. Constine, Dietmar Nosske, and Roy E. Shore

PAPERS

Radiological Protection of the Patient: An Integral Part of Quality of Care � Claire Cousins

Abstract�Enhancing Safety in Radiation Therapy: Structural and Cultural Underpinnings � Daniel Low and Michael Steinberg

Efforts to Optimize Radiation Protection in Interventional Fluoroscopy � Donald L. Miller

Standardization Versus Individualization: How Each Contributes to Managing Dose in Computed Tomography � Cynthia H. McCollough

Abstract�What Happened at Fukushima and Lessons Learned � Michael L. Corradini

The Fukushima Dai-Ichi Accident: Additional Lessons from a Radiological Emergency Assistance Mission � Steven M. Becker

Rad Resilient City: A Preparedness Checklist to Save Lives Following a Nuclear Detonation � Monica Schoch-Spana

Abstract�U.S. Public Health Response to the Fukushima Radiological Emergency: One Agency's Perspective � Charles W. Miller, Robert C. Whitcomb, Jr., Jennifer Buzzell, M. Carol McCurley, Armin Ansari, and Lynn Evans

Reference Levels in the Context of Fukushima and Related Lessons Learned � Kazuo Sakai

ERRATUM

Daily Radionuclide Ingestion and Internal Radiation Doses in Aomori Prefecture, Japan: Erratum

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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