Medical Management of Radiation Accidents
eBook - ePub

Medical Management of Radiation Accidents

  1. 640 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Medical Management of Radiation Accidents

About this book

Although radiation accidents are rare and often complex in nature, they are of great concern not only to the patient and involved medical staff, but to the media and public as well. Yet there are few if any comprehensive publications on the medical management of radiation accidents. Medical Management of Radiation Accidents provides a complete refe

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Yes, you can access Medical Management of Radiation Accidents by Kenneth S. Cohen, Igor Gusev,Angelina Guskova,Fred A. Mettler in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Law & Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2001
eBook ISBN
9781040180242
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Editors
  9. Contributors
  10. Table of Contents
  11. 1: Fundamentals of Radiation Accidents
  12. 2 Medical Characteristics of Different Types of Radiation Accidents
  13. 3: Radiation Sickness Classification
  14. 4: Acute Radiation Sickness: Underlying Principles and Assessment
  15. 5: Treatment of Acute Radiation Sickness
  16. 6: Direct Effects of Radiation on Specific Tissues
  17. 7: The Safety of Radiation Sources and the Security of Radioactive Materials
  18. 8: Review of Chinese Nuclear Accidents
  19. 9: Radiation Accidents in the Former U.S.S.R.
  20. 10: Radiation Accidents in the United States
  21. 11: Criticality Accidents
  22. 12: Medical Aspects of the Accident at Chernobyl
  23. 13: Accidents at Industrial Irradiation Facilities
  24. 14: Local Radiation Injury
  25. 15: Accidental Radiation Injury from Industrial Radiography Sources
  26. 16: Accident Involving Abandoned Radioactive Sources in Georgia, 1997
  27. 17: Localized Irradiation from an Industrial Radiography Source in San Ramon, Peru
  28. 18: Exposure Analysis and Medical Evaluation of a Low-Energy X-Ray Diffraction Accident
  29. 19: Local Irradiation Injury of the Hands with an Electron Beam Machine
  30. 20: Accidents in Radiation Therapy
  31. 21: A 2-Year Medical Follow-Up of the Radiotherapy Accident in Costa Rica
  32. 22: Medical Accidents with Local Injury from Use of Medical Fluoroscopy
  33. 23: Assessment and Treatment of Internal Contamination: General Principles
  34. 24: Lifetime Follow-Up of the 1976 Americium Accident Victim
  35. 25: Two Los Alamos Plutonium Accidents
  36. 26: Internal Contamination in the Goiânia Accident, Brazil, 1987
  37. 27: Fatal Accidental Overdose with Radioactive Gold in Wisconsin, U.S.A.
  38. 28: Skin Wounds and Burns Contaminated by Radioactive Substances (Metabolism, Decontamination, Tactics, and Techniques of Medical Care)
  39. 29: Iridium-192 Acid Skin Burn in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
  40. 30: Hospital Preparation for Radiation Accidents
  41. 31: Emergency Room Management of Radiation Accidents
  42. 32: Application of Radiation Protection Principles to Accident Management
  43. 33: Monitoring and Epidemiological Follow-Up of People Accidentally Exposed
  44. 34: Issues Involved in Long-Term Follow-Up of People after Radiation Exposure
  45. 35: Long-Term Follow-Up after Accidental Exposure to Radioactive Fallout in the Marshall Islands
  46. 36: Manhattan Project Plutonium Workers at Los Alamos
  47. 37: Epidemiological Evaluation of Populations Accidentally Exposed Near the Techa River, Russia
  48. 38: Instrumentation and Physical Dose Assessment in Radiation Accidents
  49. 39: Evaluation of Neutron Exposure
  50. 40: The Current Status of Biological Dosimeters
  51. 41: Psychosocial Effects of Radiation Accidents
  52. 42: Accidental Radiation Exposure during Pregnancy
  53. Glossary
  54. Appendix 1
  55. Appendix 2
  56. Appendix 3
  57. Appendix 4
  58. Appendix 5
  59. Appendix 6
  60. Index