Health Physics Society Journal

June 2016, Volume 110, Number 6

On the cover: TheWaste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is located on a remote 16-square-mile area in southeastern New Mexico. Photo by Dirk Roberson.

CONTENTS

PAPERS

Influence of DTPA Treatment on Internal Dose Estimates — Estelle Davesne, Eric Blanchardon, Bernadette Peleau, Philippe Correze, Sandra Bohand, and Didier Franck

Perception of Radiation Risk by Japanese Radiation Specialists Evaluated as a Safe Dose Before the Fukushima Nuclear Accident — Miwa Miura, Koji Ono, Motohiro Yamauchi, and Naoki Matsuda

Modeling Study of a Proposed Field Calibration Source Using K-40 and High-Z Targets for Sodium Iodide Detectors — Jeremy Rogers, Craig Marianno, Gene Kallenbach, and Jose Trevino

Implementation of a Portable HPGe for Field Contamination Assay — Robert Bruce Hayes

Biokinetics of ⁹⁰Sr in Male Nonhuman Primates — Eric S. Krage, Deepesh Poudel, Jasen Swanson, Raymond A. Guilmette, and Richard R. Brey

Efficiency Calibration for Environmental Gamma Spectrometry Using GATE — Tareq Alrefae

Soluble Vascular Endothelial Cadherin as a New Biomarker of Irradiation in Highly Irradiated Baboons with Bone Marrow Protection — Francis Hérodin, Diane Voir, Isabelle Vilgrain, Marie Courçon, Michel Drouet, and François-Xavier Boittin

Primary Beam Air Kerma Dependence on Distance from Cargo and People Scanners — Daniel J. Strom and Frank Cerra

Use of Transportable Radiation Detection Instruments to Assess Internal Contamination from Intakes of Radionuclides Part I: Field Tests and Monte Carlo Simulations — Robert Anigstein, Michael C. Erdman, and Armin Ansari

NOTE

Outdoor Exposure to Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Legislation in Brazil — Abel A. Silva

CORRESPONDENCE

The Higher a Detector, the Larger Its Circle of Investigation — Laurel E. Sinclair

OTHER CONTENT

News and Notices

Health Physics Society Prospectus

Health Physics Society Affiliate Members

Author Guidelines

Advertisers Guide

Advertisers Index

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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.