Health Physics Society Journal

Contents of March 2006, Volume 90, Number 3

Conversion coefficients were calculated for radiation protection of embryo and fetus against external neutron exposure. See article by Jing Chen on page 223 for more information.

PAPERS

The Risk of Radiation-Induced Cerebrovascular Disease in Chernobyl Emergency Workers — V.K. Ivanov, M.A. Maksioutov, S. Yu. Chekin, A.V. Petrov, A.P. Biryukov, Z.G. Kruglova, V.A. Matyash, A.F. Tsyb, K.G. Manton, and J.S. Kravchenko

Lung Cancer Risk among Former Uranium Miners of the WISMUT Company in Germany — Irene Brüske-Hohlfeld, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Gabriele Wölke, Joachim Heinrich, Michaela Kreuzer, Lothar Kreienbrock, and H.-Erich Wichmann

Normalized Organ Doses and Effective Doses to a Reference Indian Adult Male in Conventional Medical Diagnostic X-Ray Examinations — K. Biju and P.S. Nagarajan

Extended Conversion Coefficients for Use in Radiation Protection of the Embryo and Fetus against External Neutrons from 10 MeV to 100 GeV — Jing Chen

Methods for Assessing Gastrointestinal Absorption of Strontium in Humans by Stable Tracer Techniques — V. Höllriegl, W.B. Li, U. Oeh, and P. Roth

Simultaneous Exposure Using 532 and 860 nm Lasers for Visible Lesion Thresholds in the Rhesus Retina — William Roach, Robert Thomas, Gavin Buffington, Garrett Polhamus, John Notabartolo, Cheryl DiCarlo, Kevin Stockton, David Stolarski, Kurt Schuster, Val Carothers, Benjamin Rockwell, and Clarence Cain

Dynamic, Equilibrium and Human Studies of Adsorption of ²⁰¹Tl by Prussian Blue — Nidhi Bhardwaj, Aseem Bhatnagar, D.P. Pathak, and A.K. Singh

Radon Concentrations in Elementary Schools in Kuwait — A.F. Maged

NOTES

A Repository of Bio-Specimens from Mayak Workers Exposed to Protracted Radiation — Klara Muksinova, Evgenia N. Kirillova, Maria L. Zakharova, Valentina S. Revina, and Ruth Neta

OPERATIONAL TOPICS

Reported Events of Stolen Radioactive Sources in Texas from 1956 to 2000 — M. Korshukin and R. J. Emery

CORRESPONDENCE

¹⁴C Dose Coefficients — George G. Killough and Paul S. Rohwer

Response to Killough and Rohwer — Dade W. Moeller, Michael T. Ryan, Lin-Shen C. Sun, and Robert N. Cherry, Jr.

Radiation Protectants: Current Status and Future Prospects — Daniel P. Hayes

Response to Hayes — Thomas M. Seed

BOOK REVIEWS

Safety of New and Existing Research Reactor Facilities in Relation to External Events — Reviewed by Ray Karol

OTHER CONTENT

In Memoriam-James Newell Stannard (1910-2005) — Citation by William J. Bair

News and Notices

Health Physics Society Prospectus

Health Physics Society Affiliate Members

Author Guidelines

Advertisers Guide

Advertisers Index

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