Health Physics Journal — Volume 1 — Issue 1 — January 1958

Papers

• Brief History of the National Committee on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Covering the Period 1929–1946

  L. S. Taylor

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 3-10 (January 1958)

• Survey of Stopping Power

  W. Brandt

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 11-20 (January 1958)

• A Single Ion Detector for Measurement of γ-ray Ionization in Cavities

  J. A. Auxier, G. S. Hurst, R. E. Zedler

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 21-26 (January 1958)

• Spectral Distribution of Electron Flux in a Beta-radioactive Medium

  R. D. Birkhoff, H. H. Hubbell Jr., J. S. Cheka, R. H. Ritchie

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 27-33 (January 1958)

• W for Heavy Particles

  Lewis W. Cochran

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 34-38 (January 1958)

• An Apparatus for Measuring Electron Attachment

  T. E. Bortner, G. S. Hurts

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 39-45 (January 1958)

• Dosimetry With Ionization Chambers Employing Internal Gas Multiplication

  Harald H. Rossi, M. Lubert

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 46-50 (January 1958)

• Calculation of Radiation Dose

  W. S. Snyder

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 51-55 (January 1958)

• What Is Health Physics?

  Walter D. Claus

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 56-61 (January 1958)

• Radiation Exposure as a Reasonable Calculated Risk

  Lauriston S. Taylor

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 62-70 (January 1958)

• Health Physics Responsibilities to Management

  G. Hoyt Whipple

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 71-75 (January 1958)

• Exposure Criteria for Evaluating the Public Consequences of Catastrophic Accidents in Large Nuclear Plants

  F. P. Cowan, J. B. H. Kuper

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 76-84 (January 1958)

• Metabolism of Cesium-137 in the Rat

  John E. Ballou, Roy C. Thompson

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 85-89 (January 1958)

Notes

• Integrated air sampling program

  T. S. Chapman

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 90-91 (January 1958)

News

• Health Physics in the News

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, pp. 94-95 (January 1958)

Future Issues

• Papers to Be Published in Future Issues

  Health Phys. 1, No. 1, p. 96 (January 1958)