Health Physics Journal

["Kenneth Miller" <kmiller@radmail.xray.hmc.psu.edu>]

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  OFFICE MEMO          Health Physics Journal                 Date:10/25/95

Dear RADSAFERS,
The November Issue (the Centennial Issue) of HEALTH PHYSICS, "Medical Uses of
Radiation-The First 100 Years," is in the mail. The Table of Contents for the
December Issue is as follows:

				HEALTH PHYSICS
				Schedule of Contents
				Volume 69, No. 6,  December 1995

AWARDS
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				1995 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award-Keith Eckerman
				Citation by Herman Cember				

				1995 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award-Robert G. Thomas
				Citation by Newell Stannard

				1995 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award 				            
Memorialization-Ralph G. Fairchild
				Citation by Stephen V. Musolino

				1995 Elda E. Anderson Award-Kathryn A. Higley
				Citation by Eva Eckert Hickey

				1995 Health Physics Society Fellow Members and Student Awards

				1995 William McAdams Outstanding Service Award-William R. Casey
				Citation by Tom Buhl

				1995 National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists Arthur F.
Humm, Jr., Memorial Award-Don W. Marshall
				Citation by Norm R. Sunderland

				1995 National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists Arthur F.
Humm, Jr., Memorial Award-Francis J. Haughey
				Citation by John Molner

				Award Announcement



REVIEW PAPER
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				A Limited Bibliography of the Federal
				Government-Funded Human Radiation Experiments
				E. Samei and K. J. Kearfott

PAPERS
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				A Method for Computing the Decision Level for
				Samples Containing Radioactivity in the Presence
				of Background
				T. B. Borak and T. B. Kirchner

				Probablistic Risk Assessment of Nephrotoxic
				Effect of Uranium in Drinking Water
				Samuel C. Morris and Anne F. Meinhold


				A Generic Model for Estimating the Risk of
				Deterministic Effects of Partial Organ
				Irradiation by Hot Particles
				B. R. Scott

				Estimated Maximum Thyroid Doses from 129I
				Releases from the Hanford Site for the Years
				1944-1995
				Maurice A. Robkin and Bernard Shleien

				
				
				Comprehensive Appraisal of 239+240Pu in Soils 
				around Rocky Flats, Colorado
				M. Iggy Litaor, D. Ellerbroek, L. Allen,
				and Erika Dovala

				
				Measurements of 220Rn Emanation from Rocks
				A. J. Howard, J. E. Simsarian, and W. P. Strange

				A Study of Amplifying the Response of an LR115
				Solid State Track Detector by Combining it with
				Electret
				D. Nikezic and D. Krstic

				Radiocesium Distribution in Undisturbed Soil:
				Measurements and Diffusion-Advection Model
				M. Antonopoulos-Domis, A. Clouvas, 
				A. Hiladakis, and S. Kadi

NOTES
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				High-Energy Gamma Rays in Hiroshima and
				Nagasaki: Implications for Risk and wR
				Tore Straume

				Retention and Excretion of 95Zr-95Nb in Humans
				K. S. Thind


				Study of the Occurrence of 222Rn and 226Ra in
				Drinking Water in Spain
				J. Soto, P. L. Fernandez, J. Gomez,
				and C. Rodenas


OPERATIONAL TOPICS
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				Practical Considerations for TLD-400/700-Based
				Gamma Ray Dosimetry for BNCT Applications in a
				High Thermal Neutron Fluence
				Steven W. Martsolf, Jennifer E. Johnson, 
				Christopher E. D. Vostmyer, Barry D. Albertson,
				and Stephen E. Binney


				Workload and Use Factor of Medical Linear
				Accelerators in Radiotherapy
				Tomas Kron, Bruce Aldrich, Karen Jovanovic,
				Steve Howlett, and Chris Hamilton

				Radiation Protection Design Philosophy for a
				Door Interlock System for Shared Room Remote
				Afterloading Brachytherapy
				Milton K. Woo, Bruce A. Gillies, and
				Craig S. McParland

				The National Dose Registry for Radiation Workers
				in Switzerland
				M. Moser

CORRESPONDENCE
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				Further Response to Watson
				G. H. Kramer, M. Hoshi, and S. Okajima

				Response to Kramer, Hoshi, and Okajima
				W. S. Watson

BOOK REVIEWS
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				Radiation Dose Reconstruction for 
				Epidemiologic Uses
				Reviewed by Joseph J. Shonka

				GEOVAL 1994: Validation through
				Model Testing
				Reviewed by Michael T. Ryan

				Low-Level Environmental Radioactivity:
				Sources and Evaluation
				Reviewed by Ronald L. Kathren

				
				The Role of Conceptual Models in Demonstrating
				Repository Post-Closure Safety
				Reviewed by Michael T. Ryan

				Atoms, Radiation and Radiation Protection
				Reviewed by James E. Martin

OTHER CONTENT
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				News and Notices

				New Products
			
				Instructions for Submission of New Product 				

        Announcements

				Instructions to Contributors

				Health Physics Society Prospectus

				Health Physics Society Affiliate Members

				List of 1994-1995 Journal Reviewers

				List of Contents for Volume 69

				Author Index to Volume 69

				Subject Index to Volume 69


				Advertisers Guide

				Advertisers Index

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Ken Miller