Health Physics Society Journal

February 2014, Volume 106, Number 2

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On the cover: (1) John E. Till, 2013 Lauriston Taylor Lecturer; (2) photo of Fukushima Medical University activities after the Fukushima NPP accident (provided by Fukushima Medical University).

SPECIAL ISSUE

The 49th Annual Meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Radiation Dose and the Impacts on Exposed Populations

CONTENTS

LAURISTON S. TAYLOR LECTURE

Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture on Radiation Protection and Measurements — John D. Boice Jr.

Introduction of the 37th Annual Lauriston S. Taylor Lecturer: Rear Admiral (ret) John E. Till, PhD — F. Ward Whicker

Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture on Radiation Protection and Measurements: When Does Risk Assessment Get Fuzzy? — John E. Till

WELCOMING REMARKS

Welcome to the Forty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the NCRP — John D. Boice Jr.

WARREN K. SINCLAIR KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Tenth Warren K. Sinclair Keynote AddressVThe Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident and Comprehensive Health Risk Management — Shunichi Yamashita

Radiation Dose and the Impacts on Exposed Populations: Tenth Annual Warren K. Sinclair Keynote Address Q&A — James Cassata

PAPERS

Radiation-Exposed Populations: Who, Why, and How to Study — Steven L. Simon and Martha S. Linet

Radiation Impacts on Human Health: Certain, Fuzzy, and Unknown — Roy E. Shore

Emotional Consequences of Nuclear Power Plant Disasters — Evelyn J. Bromet

Radiation Dose and the Impacts on Exposed Populations: Overview Session Q&A — James Cassata

Exposed Medical Staff: Challenges, Available Tools, and Opportunities for Improvement — Lawrence T. Dauer

Dose Tracking and Rational Examination Selection for the Medically-Exposed Population — James A. Brink

Second Malignant Neoplasms and Cardiovascular Disease Following Radiotherapy — Lois B. Travis, Andrea K. Ng, James M. Allan, Ching-Hon Pui, Ann R. Kennedy, X. George Xu, James A. Purdy, Kimberly Applegate, Joachim Yahalom, Louis S. Constine, Ethel S. Gilbert, and John D. Boice Jr.

Radiation Dose and the Impacts on Exposed Populations: Medical Session Q&A — James Cassata

Characterization of Exposures to Workers Covered under the U.S. Energy Employees Compensation Act — James W. Neton

Increased Occupational Radiation Doses: Nuclear Fuel Cycle — André Bouville and Victor Kryuchkov

Radiation Exposure of U.S. Military Individuals — Paul K. Blake and Gregory R. Komp

Radiation Dose and the Impacts on Exposed Populations: Worker Exposures Session Q&A — James Cassata

Impact on the Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors of Radiation Received From the Bombs — Harry M. Cullings

Joint U.S./Russian Studies of Population Exposures Resulting From Nuclear Production Activities in the Southern Urals — Bruce A. Napier

Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilities: Phase I. A Report by the National Academies Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board — Daniel O. Stram

Nuclear Reactor Accidents: Exposures and Health Effects among Members of the Public — Maureen Hatch

Radiation Dose and the Impacts on Exposed Populations: Public Exposures Session Q&A — James Cassata

Implications of Radiation Dose and Exposed Populations on Radiation Protection in the 21st Century — John D. Boice Jr.

Radiation Dose and the Impacts on Exposed Populations: Summary Q&A — James Cassata

ERRATA

The Delayed Pulmonary Syndrome Following Acute High-dose Irradiation: A Rhesus Macaque Model: Erratum

Rapid Estimation of Inhaled Particle Size for Internal Dose During Nuclear Emergency Medicine: 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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