Citations with the tag: RADIATION exposure

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• Not quite home-free.
  Sakariassen, Alex // Missoula Independent; 4/7/2011, Vol. 22 Issue 14, p7 

  The article discusses the possible radiation poisoning in Missoula, Montana following the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011 which resulted to the deterioration of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

• Multiple stages in radiation carcinogenesis of rat skin
  Albert, R. E.; Garte, S. J.; Burns, F. J. // Environmental Health Perspectives; May1989, Vol. 81, p67 

  No abstract available.

• Radiation dosimetry
  Cameron, J. // Environmental Health Perspectives; Feb1991, Vol. 91, p45 

  No abstract available.

• RADIATION: What You Need to Know.
  Kowalski, Kathiann M. // Current Health Teens; Oct2011, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p12 

  The article discusses the impact of nuclear radiation exposure to the human body, noting on its possible sources.

• Worldwide Responses to the 20 Millisievert Controversy.
  Norimatsu, Satoko // Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus; 6/6/2011, Issue 23, p3 

  A list of articles, video news and press releases concerning the decision of the Japanese government to raise the allowable annual radiation exposure limit to 20 millisievert (mSV) is presented.

• Re: Spontaneous Abortions following Three Mile Island Accident.
  Johnson, Carl J. // American Journal of Public Health; May84, Vol. 74 Issue 5, p520 

  A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Spontaneous Abortions After the Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident: A Life Table Analysis," by M. K. Goldhaber, S. L. Staub and G. K. Tokuhata.

• Understanding Radiation Exposure.
  Phelps, Megan E. // Mother Earth News; Aug/Sep2011, Issue 247, p20 

  The article discusses the different ways of radiation exposure to the human body.

• A note on "Job related mortality risks of Hanford workers and their relation to cancer effects of measured doses of external radiation"
  Gilbert, Ethel S.; Petersen, G. R. // British Journal of Industrial Medicine; Feb1985, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p137 

  No abstract available.

• Major Radiation Exposure.
  Forman, Stephen J.; Petz, Lawrence D. // New England Journal of Medicine; 9/19/2002, Vol. 347 Issue 12, p944 

  A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article on radiation exposure in the May 16, 2002 issue.

• Major Radiation Exposure.
  Powles, Ray; Apperley, Jane // New England Journal of Medicine; 9/19/2002, Vol. 347 Issue 12, p944 

  A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article on radiation exposure in the May 16, 2002 issue.

• Major Radiation Exposure.
  van Bekkum, Dirk W.; Noteboom, Juus L. // New England Journal of Medicine; 9/19/2002, Vol. 347 Issue 12, p944 

  A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article on radiation exposure in the May 16, 2002 issue.

• Major Radiation Exposure.
  Goddard, Chris M. // New England Journal of Medicine; 9/19/2002, Vol. 347 Issue 12, p944 

  A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article on radiation exposure in the May 16, 2002 issue.

• Major Radiation Exposure.
  Turai, István; Veress, Katalin; Günalp, Bengül; Souchkevitch, Gennadi // New England Journal of Medicine; 9/19/2002, Vol. 347 Issue 12, p944 

  A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article on radiation exposure in the May 16, 2002 issue.

• Major Radiation Exposure.
  Mettler, Fred A.; Voelz, George L. // New England Journal of Medicine; 9/19/2002, Vol. 347 Issue 12, p944 

  A response by Fred A. Mettler, and George L. Voelz to several letters to the editor about their article on radiation exposure in the May 16, 2002 issue is presented.

• Another Mother for Peace.
  Anderson, Sue // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; May1978, Vol. 34 Issue 5, p6 

  A letter to the editor is presented about the testimony of Dorothy B. Jones in the hearings of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

• Healthy X-rays?
  Anderson, Sue // CME: South Africa's Continuing Medical Education Journal; Sep2011, Vol. 29 Issue 9, p368 

  The article discusses a study by Gian Luigi Russo of the National Research Council in Italy which found twice the normal level of the antioxidant glutathione in the blood of cardiologists who are exposed to safe levels of radiation from x-ray guided procedures.

• Erratum.
  Anderson, Sue // Process Safety & Environmental Protection: Transactions of the I; Nov2007, Vol. 85 Issue 6, p599 

  A correction to the article "Numerical Techniques for Speeding up the Calculation of the Life Extension Brought about by Removing a Prolonged Radiation Exposure," which was published in the July 2007 issue is presented.

• Appendix A: Examples of Recommended Approaches to Specifying and Reporting Irradiations.
  Anderson, Sue // Journal of the ICRU; Dec2011, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p65 

  Examples of recommended approaches to specifying and reporting irradiations from the report "Quantification and Reporting of Low-Dose and Other Heterogeneous Exposures" published in the December 2011 issue of "Journal of the ICRU" are presented.

• Transradial cardiac procedures and increased radiation exposure: is it a real phenomenon?
  Anderson, Sue // Heart; Nov2009, Vol. 95 Issue 22, p16 

  A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Transradial Cardiac Procedures and Increased Radiation Exposure: Is it a Real Phenomenon?" by A. J. Einstein in the previous issue is presented.

• The danger of radiation exposure in the young.
  Hoffmann, Andreas; Bremerich, Jens // Heart; Feb2010, Vol. 96 Issue 4, p1 

  An abstract of the article "The danger of radiation exposure in the young," by Andreas Hoffman and Jens Bremerich is presented.

• Commentary on hormesis and public risk communication: is there a basis for public discussions?
  Flynn, James; MacGregor, Donald // Human & Experimental Toxicology; Jan2003, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p31 

  Research on radiation exposure is now focusing on microbiology and the impact of low dose exposures on cells and cell components. Eventually, this research may provide evidence to support changes in the models used to regulate human and environmental exposures. Currently, three models using...

• Radiation from CT and perfusion scanning in pregnancy.
  Cook, J. Valmai; Kyriou, John // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition); 8/6/2005, Vol. 331 Issue 7512, p350 

  Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "UK agency reports slight increase in radiation exposure," by L. Eaton, in the May 28, 2005 issue.

• Authors' Response to the Letter to the Editor by Goel et al: Re: Reduced Radiation Exposure with the Use of an Air Retrograde Pyelogram During Fluoroscopic Access for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy(From: Lipkin ME, Mancini JG, Zilberman DE, et al. J...
  Lipkin, Michael E.; Miller, Michael J.; Preminger, Glenn M. // Journal of Endourology; Feb2012, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p198 

  A response from the author of the article "Reduced Radiation Exposure with the Use of an Air Retrograde Pyelogram During Fluoroscopic Access for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy" in the 2011 issue is presented.

• Re: Reduced Radiation Exposure with the Use of an Air Retrograde Pyelogram During Fluoroscopic Access for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy(From: Lipkin ME, Mancini JG, Zilberman DE, et al. J Endourol 2011;25:563-567).
  Goel, Apul; Kathpalia, Rohit // Journal of Endourology; Feb2012, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p197 

  A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Reduced Radiation Exposure with the Use of an Air Retrograde Pyelogram During Fluoroscopic Access for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy," by M. E. Lipkin and colleagues in the 2011 issue.

• The implications of ISAT and ISUIA for the management of cerebral aneurysms during pregnancy.
  Marshman, Laurence A. G.; Aspoas, Robert A.; Rai, Manjit S.; Chawda, Sanjiv J. // Neurosurgical Review; Jul2008, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p353 

  A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article related to fetal dose and the risk of radiation exposure in utero.

• Phantom study to determine radiation exposure to medical personnel involved in ERCP fluoroscopy and its reduction through equipment and behavior modifications.
  Johlin, Frederick C.; Pelsang, Retta E.; Greenleaf, Mary // American Journal of Gastroenterology; Apr2002, Vol. 97 Issue 4, p893 

  OBJECTIVE:The aim of this work is to evaluate the potential radiation exposure to medical personnel by comparing results from phantom studies of two different fluoroscopic units used for ERCP, and to determine which equipment or behavior modification can reduce radiation...

• Datastream.
  Johlin, Frederick C.; Pelsang, Retta E.; Greenleaf, Mary // Wired; May2011, Vol. 19 Issue 5, p64 

  The article provides information on radiation levels produced by several cell phones including the Palm Pixi, the Apple iPhone 4, and the Motorola Atrix.

• Selecting Presumably Radiogenic Cancers for Compensation.
  Johnson, Carl J. // American Journal of Public Health; Jan1987, Vol. 77 Issue 1, p93 

  A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Selecting Presumably Radiogenic Cancers for Compensation," in the previous issue as well as the authors' response.

• The risk of radiation exposure.
  Johnson, Carl J. // Managing People at Work; Mar2012, Issue 360, p3 

  The article discusses the risk of radiation exposure to employees which intensifies in underground work environments such as basements, mines and subterranean service ducts due to poor ventilation.

• Guidelines could reduce unnecessary CT scans.
  Johnson, Carl J. // Journal of Business (10756124); 12/6/2012, Vol. 27 Issue 26, pB6 

  The article reports on a study conducted by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan which reveals the significant contribution of commonly accepted diagnostic guidelines to the reduction of unnecessary computed tomography scans and radiation exposure of patients.

• After the Rays.
  Johnson, Carl J. // Time; 5/4/1953, Vol. 61 Issue 18, p78 

  The article discusses the findings of a study conducted by Boston University on the negative psychological effects of radiation exposure on dogs that are subjected to strenuous tasks.

• depth dose.
  Johnson, Carl J. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2009); 2009, Issue 21, p613 

  A definition of the term "depth dose" which refers to the amount of radiation exposure is presented.

• deterministic effect.
  Johnson, Carl J. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2009); 2009, Issue 21, p623 

  A definition of the term "deterministic effect," which refers to the dose-related impact of a threshold of chemical or radiation exposure, is presented.

• half-value thickness, half-value layer.
  Johnson, Carl J. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2009); 2009, Issue 21, p1001 

  An encyclopedia entry for "half-value thickness" and "half-value layer," which refer to the thickness of a substance that will lower its intensity to half of the initial value following exposure to radiation, is presented.

• local radiation injury.
  Johnson, Carl J. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2009); 2009, Issue 21, p1360 

  A definition of the term "local radiation injury," which refers to an acute radiation exposure to a limited part of the body, is presented.

• automatic exposure control.
  Johnson, Carl J. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2009); 2009, Issue 21, p220 

  A definition of the medical term "automatic exposure control," which refers to an ionization chamber or solid-state device that terminates the radiation exposure at a preset level, is presented.

• All the king's forces or the discretionary function doctrine in the nuclear age: Allen v. United States
  DuFort, Gisele C. // Ecology Law Quarterly; 1988, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p477 

  No abstract available.

• Radiation epidemiology: old and new challenges
  Shore, R. E. // Environmental Health Perspectives; May1989, Vol. 81, p153 

  No abstract available.

• Risk assessment for the harmful effects of UVB radiation on the immunological resistance to infectious diseases
  Slob, Wout; Van Loveren, Henk; Goettsch, Wim; de Gruijl, Frank R.; Garssen, Johan // Environmental Health Perspectives; Feb1998, Vol. 106 Issue 2, p71 

  Risk assessment comprises four steps: hazard identification, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization. Inthis study, the effects of increased ultraviolet B (UVB, 280--315 nm) radiation on immune functions and the immunological resistance to infectious diseases in...

• CHECKLIST.
  Slob, Wout; Van Loveren, Henk; Goettsch, Wim; de Gruijl, Frank R.; Garssen, Johan // Health Facilities Management; Oct2011, Vol. 24 Issue 10, p8 

  This section offers news briefs concerning health care regulation and compliance in the U.S. as of October 2011, including the Joint Commission's claim that hospitals are improving their healthcare quality, an alert issued to health care providers to exert efforts to reduce patient exposure to...

• Biological effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic energy: a critical review of the reports by the US National Research Council and the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences as they relate to the broad realm of EMF bioeffects
  Havas, Magda // Environmental Reviews; 2000, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p173 

  Our dependence on electricity and our growing dependence on wirelesstelecommunication technology is causing this planet to be inundated with electromagnetic energy ranging in frequency from less than 60 Hzto greater than 2 GHz. Concerns expressed by the public, who live near power lines, cell...

• 016 Anesthesiologists at risk for significant radiation exposure during neurointerventional procedures.
  Anastasian, Z.; Strozyk, D.; Gaudet, J.; Berman, M.; Meyers, P. // Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery; Jul2009, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p31 

  An abstract for the article "Anesthesiologists at risk for significant radiation exposure during neurointerventional procedures," by Z. Anastasian, D. Strozyk, J. Gaudet et al. is presented.

• Health implications of exposure to radiofrequency/microwave energies
  Michaelson, S. M. // British Journal of Industrial Medicine; May1982, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p105 

  No abstract available.

• Radiation, work experience, and cause specific mortality among workers at an energy research laboratory
  Checkoway, H.; Fry, Shirley A.; Wolf, Susanne H.; Shy, C. M.; Mathew, R. M.; Smith, Joanna C.; Tankersley, W. G.; Watson, Jr., J. E. // British Journal of Industrial Medicine; Aug1985, Vol. 42 Issue 8, p525 

  No abstract available.

• Further assessment of the effects of occupational radiation exposurein the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority mortality study
  Coleman, D.; Inskip, Hazel; Beral, Valerie; Fraser, Patricia; Booth, Margaret; Brown, Ann // British Journal of Industrial Medicine; Mar1987, Vol. 44 Issue 3, p149 

  No abstract available.

• Occupational hazards in hospitals: accidents, radiation, exposure tonoxious chemicals, drug addiction and psychic problems, and assault
  Gestal, J. J. // British Journal of Industrial Medicine; Aug1987, Vol. 44 Issue 8, p510 

  No abstract available.

• Suspected radiation accident in a mine in Sweden.
  Gestal, J. J. // Journal of Medical Physics; Jan-Mar2011, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p51 

  The article reports on a suspected radiation accident at Boliden Mineral mine in Sweden on December 2, 2010.

• Lethal effect induced by ultraviolet-B in a planktonic copepod: role of the post-irradiation time on mortality measurements
  Vega, Marina P.; Pizarro, Ramon // Journal of Freshwater Ecology; Mar2000, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1 

  The vulnerability to UV-B radiation in Acanthocyclops robustus was analyzed in the laboratory. The LD50 for adult individuals,determined by mortality one day after UV-B exposure was 40 Mu Wcm-2for h exposure. A significant increase in the mortality of A. robustus adults was observed four days...

• Radiation exposure and dose to small mammals in radon-rich soils
  Macdonald, C. R.; Laverock, M. J. // Archives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology; Jul1998, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p109 

  Protection of the environment from radionuclide releases requires knowledge of the normal background levels of radiation exposure in the exposed biotic community and an estimate of the detriment caused by additional exposure. This study modeled the background exposure and dose to the lungs of...

• Occupational Exposure from Common Fluoroscopic Projections Used in Orthopaedic Surgery.
  Theocharopoulos, Nicholas; Perisinakis, Kostas; Damilakis, John; Papadokostakis, George; Hadjipavlou, Alexander; Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas // Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, American Volume; Sep2003, Vol. 85 Issue 9, p1698 

  Background: Personnel assisting in or performing fluoroscopically guided procedures may be exposed to high doses of radiation. Accurate occupational dosimetric data for the orthopaedic theater staff are of paramount importance for practicing radiation safety. Methods: Fluoroscopic screening was...

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