Name: A Guide to Radiation Protection
ISBN: 978-1-349-02848-1

Overview

Authors:

J. Craig Robertson
1. Dept. of Physics, Dundee College of Technology, Dundee, Scotland
View author publications

You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Front Matter

Pages i-v

Download chapter PDF
The biological effects of radiation
- J. Craig Robertson
Pages 1-8
What is radioactivity?
- J. Craig Robertson
Pages 9-13
Recognition and classification of radioactive materials
- J. Craig Robertson
Pages 14-19
Types of radioactive source
- J. Craig Robertson
Pages 20-26
The shielding of radiation
- J. Craig Robertson
Pages 27-32
Radioactive decay
- J. Craig Robertson
Pages 33-37
Radiation units
- J. Craig Robertson
Pages 38-43
The detection and measurement of radiation
- J. Craig Robertson
Pages 44-53
Legislation relating to the use of radioactive materials
- J. Craig Robertson
Pages 54-65
Forewarned is forearmed
- J. Craig Robertson
Pages 66-74
Back Matter

Pages 75-86

Download chapter PDF

Dept. of Physics, Dundee College of Technology, Dundee, Scotland

J. Craig Robertson

Book Title: A Guide to Radiation Protection
Authors: J. Craig Robertson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02848-1
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: J. Craig Robertson 1976
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 86
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection