Potential radiation exposure in military operations : protecting the soldier before, during, and after

Potential radiation exposure in military operations protecting the soldier before, during, and after

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Battlefield Radiation Exposure Criteria (-)
Otros Autores: Mettler, Fred A., 1945- (-), Thaul, Susan, O'Maonaigh, Heather
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press 1999.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Materias:
Ionizing radiation > Dosage.
Radiation > Safety measures.
Soldiers > Health and hygiene.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Potential Radiation Exposure in Military Operations
  • Copyright
  • Reviewers
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Radiation Unit Conversion Chart
  • Acronyms
  • Contents
  • Summary
  • HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND RATIONALE
  • RADIATION PHYSICS, RADIATION BIOLOGY, AND RADIATION SAFETY AND PROTECTION
  • RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE INTERIM REPORT
  • Underlying Philosophy
  • Terminology
  • Prospective Risk Assessments
  • Dosimetry
  • Reference Levels for Operational Exposure Guidance
  • ETHICAL FRAMEWORK
  • Justifying Placing Individuals at Risk of Harm
  • Training, Recordkeeping, and Reporting
  • COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Balancing Future and Present Harm
  • Philosophy of Radiation Protection
  • Communicating Risk
  • Radiation Dosimetry, Records, and Reporting
  • Follow-Up
  • 1 Introduction
  • BACKGROUND
  • REPORT LAYOUT
  • ETHICS
  • Military Context
  • 2 Fundamentals of Radiation Safety and Protection
  • RADIATION PHYSICS
  • RADIATION UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS
  • Radiation Units
  • Absorbed Dose
  • Equivalent Dose
  • Radiation Measurement
  • SOURCES OF RADIATION EXPOSURE
  • RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION
  • RADIATION BIOLOGY
  • Deterministic Effects
  • Stochastic Effects
  • ASSESSMENT OF RADIOGENIC TUMOR RISK
  • Risk Factors
  • Dose Range Covered by the Guidelines in This Report
  • Modification of Risk
  • Age
  • Sex
  • Type of Radiation
  • Dose Rate and Magnitude
  • Tissue
  • Heritable and In Utero Effects
  • Interaction with Other Exposures
  • How to Apply Risk Factors
  • Putting the Risks in Perspective
  • 3 Standard Practices in Occupational Radiation Protection
  • CONTROL PHILOSOPHY
  • RADIATION SAFETY TRAINING FOR OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES
  • Requirements of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • Risk Communication-An Important Function in Decisions for Radiation Safety
  • Training and Radiation Risk Perceptions
  • RECORDS AND RECORDKEEPING
  • REPORTING.
  • 4 Current Paradigms for Radiation Protection in the U.S. Army
  • OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
  • NON-OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES UP TO 700 MILLISIEVERT
  • HIGH-LEVEL EXPOSURES IN NUCLEAR WAR
  • SUMMARY OF EXISTING ARMY PROGRAMS
  • 5 Army Radiation Protection and Safety Programs in Light of Civilian Standard Practices and Recommendations for Improvement
  • REVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE'S INTERIM REPORT
  • Underlying Philosophy of Radiation Protection
  • Interim Report Recommendations
  • Terminology
  • Interim Report Recommendations
  • Prospective Risk Assessment
  • Interim Report Recommendations
  • Definition of a Radiological Area
  • Dosimetry Requirements
  • Dose Units
  • Internal Dose
  • Dose Cumulation Times
  • Interim Report Recommendations
  • Reference Levels for Operational Exposure Guidance
  • Interim Report Recommendations
  • Recordkeeping
  • GUIDANCE ON RADIATION PROTECTION
  • Training
  • Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements
  • Recordkeeping in Military Settings
  • 6 Decisionmaking by Commanders
  • INFORMATION
  • JUSTIFICATION
  • OPTIMIZATION
  • COMMUNICATION
  • 7 Follow-Up of Persons with Known or Suspected Exposure to Ionizing Radiation
  • MEDICAL FOLLOW-UP
  • Medical Assessment
  • Medical Monitoring
  • Medical Monitoring for Delayed Deterministic and Stochastic Effects of Radiation
  • Effects of Accuracy of Monitoring and Disease Prevalence
  • Assessment of the Benefit of Medical Monitoring
  • Costs of Medical Monitoring
  • Monitoring Sensitive Populations
  • Screening for Specific Cancers
  • Summary of Medical Monitoring Considerations
  • Medical Testing
  • Medical Care
  • Medical Care for Early and Delayed Deterministic Effects
  • Medical Care for Stochastic Effects
  • Ethical and Legal Considerations: Follow-Up Programs
  • EPIDEMIOLOGIC FOLLOW-UP
  • Description and Rationale
  • Issues of Study Design.
  • Choice of Population and Outcome to be Studied
  • Data Sources and Quality
  • Military and Radiation-Specific Study Design Issues
  • Ethical Issues
  • Examples of Epidemiologic Studies of Military Exposures
  • PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
  • 8 Recommendations
  • BALANCING FUTURE AND PRESENT HARM
  • PHILOSOPHY OF RADIATION PROTECTION
  • COMMUNICATING RISK
  • RADIATION DOSIMETRY, RECORDS, AND REPORTING
  • FOLLOW-UP
  • References
  • Appendix A The ACE Directive
  • Appendix B Participants in Committee Meetings and Workshop
  • Appendix C Biographical Summaries
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERS
  • STAFF.

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