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Radiation safety consists of two levels. The first level consists of physical solutions. The second level consists of people’s attitudes. The first level is by far the easier of the two to accomplish. The second requires continuous work. It is important to establish a culture of radiation safety. The difficulty is convincing people to avoid a behavior that has consequences that might not be realized for 20 years or more.
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Long, J.M. (2013). Radiation Protection. In: Cognetta Jr., A., Mendenhall, W. (eds) Radiation Therapy for Skin Cancer. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6986-5_4
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