A unique comprehensive work on the reference male and female, including data on mass of the various organs of the body, chemical composition of the body and various tissues and physiological data. While still the major source of reference data, this report is supplemented and amended by ICRP Publication 89.

ICRP Publication 23: Reference Man: Anatomical, Physiological and Metabolic Characteristics

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ICRP

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Sage Publications Ltd.

The International Commission on Radiological Protection has given general guidance on the precautions to be taken in the storage, handling and disposal of unsealed radioactive material in hospitals and medical research establishments in ICRP Publication 5. The present publication replaces the previous recommendations of the Commission given in ICRP Publication 5 and is primarily directed towards the competent national authorities. By utilizing the practices outlined in the present report, it should be possible to keep radiation doses well below the maximum permissible levels recommended by the Commission. National regulatory authorities should, however, draw up the necessary local standards and control procedures. The Commission believes that the information given can be utilized also by the local medical and research institutions and to some extent be applicable to other types of laboratories where radioactive substances are used. This report is concerned with the problems which arise owing to the use of unsealed radioactive substances in therapy, diagnosis and research.

ICRP Publication 25: Handling and Disposal of Radioactive Materials in Hospitals (Annals of the ICRP)

Science & Math

Physics

Inhalation of radionuclides leads to problems of spatial distribution of radiation dose within tissues. The variables are considerable: specific activity of the radionuclide and its concentration of radiation emitted, concentration of radiation sources (single relatively active particles versus many particles of low specific activity), radioactive decay, degree of particulate aggregation, cellular interactions and movement of particles within the tissue, solubility, presence of other toxic materials, state of health of the tissue containing the particle, and so forth. The problem is so complex that it has not been feasible to approach all aspects experimentally: therefore specific radiation protection criteria for inhaled particles are continually evaluated as new research is completed.   This report focuses on various types of radionuclides that may be inhaled and deposited in the respiratory tract. One of the primary goals of this ICRP Task Group is to assess specifically the biological implications of inhaled plutonium. Because other transuranics are becoming more abundant, information on americium, curium and einsteinium is included. Data are also included from studies of polonium and of several beta-gamma emitting isotopes.

ICRP Publication 31: Biological Effects of Inhaled Radionuclides (Annals of the ICRP)

Biological Sciences

This part gives metabolic data for 30 further elements, including Annual Limits on Intakes (ALI’s) for their isotopes. The data given in this report are intended to be used together with the text and dosimetric models described in ICRP Publication 30, Part 1.

ICRP Publication 30: Limits for Intakes of Radionuclides by Workers, Part 2

This supplement gives relevant dosimetric data for radionuclides considered in ICRP Publication Number 30, Part 2.

ICRP Publication 30: Limits for Intake of Radionuclides by Workers, Supplement to Part 2

Business & Money

One of a series of reports recommending Annual Limits for Intakes (ALI’s) of radionuclides by workers. The data given in this report is intended to be used in conjunction with text and dosimetric models described in Part 1 of the ICRP Publication 30.

ICRP Publication 30: Limits for Intakes of Radionuclides by Workers, Part 3

A subject index and a comprehensive index of radionuclides considered in all parts and supplements of ICRP Publication 30.

ICRP Publication 30: Limits for Intakes of Radionuclides by Workers: Index

This report is intended to guide radiologists and others concerned with diagnostic radiology with regard to the factors that influence radiation doses, and hence radiation risks, from different types of X-ray examination. It supersedes Publication Number 16 on the same subject.

ICRP Publication 34: Protection of the Patient in Diagnostic Radiology

ICRP Publication 26 summarized the recommended basic system of dose limitation into three interrelated components, abbreviated as:  (i) The justification of the practice. (ii) The optimization of radiation protection. (iii) The limits of the individual dos equivalent.  This report is concerned primarily with the second of these components of te system of dose limitation, the optimization of radiation protection, and with the rationale and techniques to establish what is reasonably achievable in the control of radiation exposures. A wide range of techniques is available to optimize radiation protection. Some of these techniques are drawn from operational research, some from economics and some from engineering. The use of a given technique implies, explicitly or implicitly, value judgements about the possible objectives of optimization. Techniques for use in the optimization of radiation protection include, but are not confined to, the procedures based on cost-benefit analysis and it is these procedures that are discussed in detail in this report. It is important to recognize that other techniques, some quantitative, some more qualitative, may also be used in the optimization of radiation protection.

ICRP Publication 37: Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Optimization of Radiation Protection (Annals of the ICRP)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

This publication presents biokinetic models and best estimates of biokinetic data for some 120 individual radiopharmaceuticals, giving estimated absorbed doses, including the range of variation to be expected in pathological states, for adults, children and the fetus. Absorbed dose estimates are needed in clinical diagnostic work for judging the risk associated with the use of specific radiopharmaceuticals, both for comparison with the possible benefit of the investigation and to help in giving adequate information to the patient. These estimates provide guidance to ethics committees having to decide upon research projects involving the use of radioactive substances in volunteers who receive no individual benefit from the study. This report, while still an important source document, is supplemented and amended by ICRP Publication 80.

ICRP Publication 53: Radiation Dose to Patients from Radiopharmaceuticals

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

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