Health Physics Society Journal

July 2014, Volume 107, Number 1

On the Cover: The graphic illustrates radiation damage and the importance of the interaction between the dermis, epidermis, and vasculature in the formation of acute radiation effects as described in the paper by Smirnova et al. on p. 47.

CONTENTS

PAPERS

Preliminary Production of ²¹¹At at the Texas A&M University Cyclotron Institute — Thomas Michael Martin, Vihar Bhakta, Abeer Al-Harbi, Michael Hackemack, Gabriel Tabacaru, Robert Tribble, Sriram Shankar, and Gamal Akabani

A Strategy for a Rapid Radiological Screening Survey in Large Scale Radiation Accidents: A Lesson from an Individual Survey after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accidents — Takashi Ohba, Makoto Miyazaki, Hisashi Sato, Arifumi Hasegawa, Mitsuo Sakuma, Takeshi Yusa, Fumio Shishido, and Akira Ohtsuru

Retention and Excretion of Inhaled ³H and ¹⁴C Radiolabeled Methane in Rats — C. Didychuk, P.A. Burchart, S.M. Carlisle, and R.B. Richardson

Measurement Uncertainties in Whole Body Counting and Radon Progeny — Stratos T. Valakis, Stavroula Pallada, and John A. Kalef-Ezra

Dynamics of Acutely Irradiated Skin Epidermal Epithelium in Swine: Modeling Studies — Olga A. Smirnova, Shaowen Hu, and Francis A. Cucinotta

OPERATIONAL TOPIC

Dose Equivalent Rate Constants and Barrier Transmission Data for Nuclear Medicine Facility Dose Calculations and Shielding Design — Maggie Kusano and Curtis B. Caldwell

NOTES

Cancer Complexity and Radiation Protection — Kenneth L. Mossman

The Influence of Population Aging and Size on the Number of CT Examinations in The Netherlands — Harmen Bijwaard, Mathieu Pruppers, and Ischa de Waard-Schalkx

Multibiodose Radiation Emergency Triage Categorization Software — Elizabeth A. Ainsbury, Stephen Barnard, Lleonard Barrios, Paola Fattibene, Virginie de Gelder, Eric Gregoire, Carita Lindholm, David Lloyd, Inger Nergaard, Kai Rothkamm, Horst Romm, Harry Scherthan, Hubert Thierens, Charlot Vandevoorde, Clemens Woda, and Andrzej Wojcik

BOOK REVIEW

Social and Ethical Aspects of Radiation Risk Management — Dorota Ferguson

IN MEMORIAM

Robert E. Bob Alexander, CHP (1928-2014) — Allen Brodsky, Ronald L. Kathren, and Michael Childers

OTHER CONTENT

News and Notices

Health Physics Society Prospectus

Health Physics Society Affiliate Members

Author Guidelines

Advertisers Guide

Advertisers Index

Up and Coming

Health Physics (ISSN 0017-9078) is the Official Journal of the Health Physics Society and is published monthly by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-2436. For news and abstracts, and to search past issues of the Health Physics Journal, please visit the Health Physics Journal website.