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The Chernobyl sarcophagus. See article by Ken Kasper on page 419 for more information. Photo courtesy of Ken Kasper.

Contents of April 2003, Volume 84, Number 4

TECHNOLOGY MONITOR

Chernobyl: Facts and Fiction — Ken Kasper

PAPERS

Influences of Parameter Uncertainties within the ICRP-66 Respiratory Tract Model: Particle Clearance — Wesley E. Bolch, Thomas E. Huston, Eduardo B. Farfán, William G. Vernetson, and W. Emmett Bolch

Influences of Parameter Uncertainties within the ICRP-66 Respiratory Tract Model: Regional Tissue Doses for ²³⁹PuO₂ and ²³⁸UO₂/²³⁸U₃O₈ — Eduardo B. Farfán, Thomas E. Huston, W. Emmett Bolch, William G. Vernetson, and Wesley E. Bolch

Patient Surface Radiation Doses at Two PET Imaging Facilities — L. Gonzalez, C. A. Cordeiro, E. Vano, M. J. Perez Castejon, A. Jimenez, H. R. Montz, M. Domper, and J. L. Carreras

Long Term Retention Studies of ¹²⁵Sb Aerosols in Humans — S. P. Garg, I. S. Singh, and R. C. Sharma

Dose Assessment for Inhaling Hafnium Particles Based on Laboratory Rats Study — Y. Zhou and Y. S. Cheng

Evaluation of a High Dose to a Finger from a ⁶⁰Co Accident — Angela Kinoshita, Carmen Sandra Guzman Calcina, Elza T. Sakamoto-Hojo, Marjori L. Camparato, Cesar Picon, and Oswaldo Baffa

Optimizing the Use of LiF:Mg,Cu,P (GR-200 P) to Measure Low Dose Irradiation in Nuclear Medicine — M. Azzouzi-Idrissi, B. Aubert, J. Chavaudra, M. Ricard, and J. Tajmouati

Rapid Analytical Technique to Identify Alpha Emitting Isotopes in Water, Air-Filters, Urine, and Solid Matrices Using a Frisch Grid Detector — Salvatore C. Scarpitta, Robert P. Miltenberger, Robert Gaschott, and Nina Carte

Evaluation of Radioactive Exposure from ¹³⁷Cs in Contaminated Areas of Northern Ukraine — J. Handl, D. Beltz, W. Botsch, S. Harb, D. Jakob, R. Michel, and L. D. Romantschuk

Results of Surveys at United States Pulp and Paper Mills for the Presence of Scales and Precipitates Containing Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) — Robert P. Fisher and Dwight B. Easty

Smoking as a Confounder in Ecologic Correlations of Cancer Mortality Rates with Average County Radon Levels — J. S. Puskin

FORUM

The Role of Scientific Consensus Organizations in the Development of Standards — A. Alan Moghissi, Sorin R. Straja, and Betty R. Love

NOTES

Modeling of the Dispersion of Depleted Uranium Aerosol — C. Mitsakou, K. Eleftheriadis, C. Housiadas, and M. Lazaridis

BOOK REVIEWS

ICRU Report 66, Determination of Operational Dose Equivalent Quantities for Neutrons — Reviewed by Norman Rohrig

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