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Response of Photon Dosimeters and Survey Instruments to New Operational Quantities Proposed by ICRU RC26

, 2018
Operational quantities in radiation protection are defined as conservative estimates of the protection quantities, which are generally not accessible to measurement.
Otto, Thomas
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Radiation protection among health care workers: knowledge, attitude, practice, and clinical recommendations: a systematic review

Reviews on Environmental Health, 2020
Objectives This study was performed to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of health care workers (HCWs) towards radiation protection.
R. Behzadmehr, M. Doostkami, Zohreh Sarchahi, Leila Dinparast Saleh, R. Behzadmehr   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of RayXpert® for shielding design of medical facilities

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2017
In a context of growing demands for expert evaluation concerning medical, industrial and research facilities, the French Institute for radiation protection and nuclear safety (IRSN) considered necessary to acquire new software for efficient dimensioning ...
Derreumaux Sylvie, Vecchiola Sophie, Geoffray Thomas, Etard Cécile   +3 more
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Radiation protection at CERN

, 2013
This paper gives a brief overview of the general principles of radiation protection legislation; explains radiological quantities and units, including some basic facts about radioactivity and the biological effects of radiation; and gives an overview of ...
Forkel-Wirth, Doris, Roesler, Stefan, Silari, Marco, Streit-Bianchi, Marilena, Theis, Christian, Vincke, Heinz, Vincke, Helmut   +6 more
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A study to assess the knowledge and practice of medical professionals on radiation protection in interventional radiology

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2020
Objective: Ionizing radiation has been extensively used in medical procedures throughout the world. Such interventional radiological procedures could result in occupational exposure that needs urgent control. Therefore, MPs (medical professionals) should
M. Shafiee, R. Rashidfar, Jamil Abdolmohammadi, S. Borzoueisileh, z salehi, K. Dashtian   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rising Level of Public Exposure to Mobile Phones: Accumulation through Additivity and Reflectivity [PDF]

, 2002
A dramatic development occurring in our daily life is the increasing use of mobile equipment including mobile phones and wireless access to the Internet. They enable us to access several types of information more easily than in the past.
Department of Health, U.K., International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, LINK Collaborative Research, National Astronomical Observatory, Panofsky W. K. H., WHO   +5 more
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Treatment of Organic Compounds in Oxidative Foam Decontamination Waste Liquid by Fenton Oxidation Method

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Oxidative foam decontamination waste liquid could not be treated directly due to high levels of organic compounds. In order to solve this problem, Fenton oxidation method was applied for the first time to degrade organic compounds in foam decontamination
LUO Dan, GUO Li-xiao, HAO Quan-ai, HUANG Shu-long, SHI Liang   +4 more
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Cellular transport of uranium and its cytotoxicity effects on CHO-k1 cells

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022
Uranium is a radioactive heavy metal and a significant public health concern; however, its associated underlying toxicological mechanisms remain largely unknown.
Liqun Huang, Shufang Li, Wenhua Zhou, Jie Gao, Jingjing Yin, Zhongwen Wang, Jianguo Li   +6 more
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What evidence exists on the impact of anthropogenic radiofrequency electromagnetic fields on animals and plants in the environment: a systematic map

Environmental Evidence, 2023
Background Exposure to radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMF), particularly from telecommunications sources, is one of the most common and fastest growing anthropogenic factors on the environment.
Ken Karipidis, Chris Brzozek, Rohan Mate, Chhavi Raj Bhatt, Sarah Loughran, Andrew W Wood   +5 more
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The micronucleus assay as a biological dosimeter of in vivo ionising radiation exposure [PDF]

, 2010
Biological dosimetry, based on the analysis of micronuclei (MN) in the cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assay can be used as an alternative method for scoring dicentric chromosomes in the field of radiation protection.
Fenech, Michel, Thierens, Hubert, Vral, Anne   +2 more
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