Health Physics Journal — Volume 74 — Issue 2 — February 1998

Papers

• Differences in Energy Absorption Between Heads of Adults and Children in the Near Field of Sources

  Frank Schonborn, Michael Burkhardt, Niels Kuster

  Health Phys. 74, No. 2, pp. 160-168 (February 1998)

• Reflection of Ultraviolet Radiation from Different Skin Types

  A. Cader, J. Jankowski

  Health Phys. 74, No. 2, pp. 169-172 (February 1998)

• Cancer Genes and Risk Assessment

  K. Doerffer, P. Unrau

  Health Phys. 74, No. 2, pp. 173-180 (February 1998)

• Primary Shielding Barriers for Diagnostic X-Ray Facilities

  Robert L. Dixon, Douglas J. Simpkin

  Health Phys. 74, No. 2, pp. 181-189 (February 1998)

• A Risk Based Methodology for Assessing the Efficacy and Priorities for the Control of Various Radiation Sources

  William P. Dornsife, Ajit Bhattacharyya

  Health Phys. 74, No. 2, pp. 190-215 (February 1998)

• Monte Carlo Based Method for Conversion of In-Situ Gamma Ray Spectra Obtained with a Portable Ge Detector to an Incident Photon Flux Energy Distribution

  A. Clouvas, S. Xanthos, M. Antonopoulos-Domis, J. Silva

  Health Phys. 74, No. 2, pp. 216-230 (February 1998)

• The Influence of Traffic Vibrations on the Radon Potential

  Simone Schmid, Jens Wiegand

  Health Phys. 74, No. 2, pp. 231-236 (February 1998)

• An Evaluation of 222Rn Concentrations in Idaho Groundwater

  L. R. Paulus, T. F. Gesell, R. R. Brey

  Health Phys. 74, No. 2, pp. 237-241 (February 1998)

• Temporal and Spatial Variation of Waterborne Point-of-Use 222Rn in Three Water Distribution Systems

  Eileen L. Fisher, Laurence J. Fuortes, Johannes Ledolter, D. J. Steck, R. Field William

  Health Phys. 74, No. 2, pp. 242-248 (February 1998)

• Iowa Survey of Waterborne 222Rn Concentrations in Private Wells

  R. William Field, Burton C. Kross

  Health Phys. 74, No. 2, pp. 249-252 (February 1998)

• 14Co2-In-Air Sampling with Passive Diffusion Samplers

  M. J. Wood, R. A. Surette, J. K. Mohindra, J. G. Patterson

  Health Phys. 74, No. 2, pp. 253-258 (February 1998)

Review Papers

• Data Quality and Validation of Radiological Assessment Models

  S. R. Peterson, T. B. Kirchner

  Health Phys. 74, No. 2, pp. 147-157 (February 1998)

Operational Topics

• Managing Metabolic Model Deficiencies for Routine Radiation Protection Purposes at a Thorium Dioxide Facility

  C. D. Berger, B. A. Kelly, C. Venezia

  Health Phys. 74, No. 2, pp. 259-263 (February 1998)