RADIATION EXPOSURESOURCES, IMPACTS AND REDUCTIONSTRATEGIES -- RADIATION EXPOSURESOURCES, IMPACTS AND REDUCTIONSTRATEGIES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- NATURAL AND MAN-MADE RADIONUCLIDESIN SOIL AS SOURCES OF RADIATIONEXPOSURE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SOURCES OF RADIONUCLIDES IN SOIL -- 3. GEOCHEMISTRY OF SELECTED RADIONUCLIDES -- 3.1. Uranium -- 3.2. Radium -- 3.3. Thorium -- 3.4. Potas -- 3.5. Caesium -- 4. FACTORS AFFECTING RADIONUCLIDECONCENTRATIONS IN SOIL -- 5. DISTRIBUTION OF RADIONUCLIDES IN SURFACE SOILSFROM SERBIA -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- RADIATION EXPOSURE AND PROTECTION INCONVENTIONAL PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY OFTHORAX -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. X-Ray in Medicine -- 1.2. Dosimetry in Medicine -- 1.3. Biodosimetry -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES -- 2.1. Patients and Blood Sampling -- 2.2. X-Ray Exposure and Dosimetry -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1. Determination of Pediatric Patient's Exposure in X- RayDiagnostic of Thorax with Various Solid State Dosimeters -- 3.2. Biodosimtery Data Using Cytogenetic Techniques after Patients Exposure in X-Ray Diagnostic of Thorax -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- HEMOPOIESIS IN RESIDENTS OF THE TECHARIVERSIDE VILLAGES AFTER LONG-TERMLOW-DOSE RATE RADIATION EXPOSURE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TECHA RIVER COHORTAND THE FOLLOW-UP -- BONE MARROW HEMOPOIESIS IN THE PERIODOF MAXIMUM EXPOSURE -- PERIPHERAL BLOOD CELL COMPOSITIONDURING THE PERIOD OF MAXIMUM RADIATIONEXPOSURE (1951-1956) -- DYNAMICS OF BLOOD CELL COMPOSITION IN PERSONSCHRONICALLY EXPOSED TO RADIATION IN 1951-2008 -- LATE EFFECTS OF LDR EXPOSURE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE CURRENT STATE OF TERRESTRIALECOSYSTEMS IN THE EASTERN URALRADIOACTIVE TRACE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL AND METHODS.

1.1. THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LONG-LIVEDRADIONUCLIDES IN SOIL-VEGETATIONCOVERS AT EURT -- 1.2. FEATURES OF UPTAKE OF LONG-LIVEDRADIONUCLIDES BY PLANTS -- 1.3. CHANGES OF THE RADIATION DOSE FROM THE TIMEOF THE ACCIDENT TO THE PRESENT -- 1.4. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF FLORA ANDVEGETATION IN THE EURT AREA -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- RADIATION EXPOSURE IN PREGNANCY:APPROPRIATENESS, RISKS, DOSEREDUCTION STRATEGIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CLINICAL INDICATIONS AND IMAGING ALGORITHMS -- Interventional Radiology and Fluoroscopy -- Radiation Dose Considerations -- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS FROMEXPOSURE TO RADIATION -- Dose Reduction Strategies -- Abdominal CT -- COUNSELING OF PREGNANT WOMEN CONCERNINGTHE RISK OF RADIATION EXPOSURE IN PREGNANCY -- PREGNANCY IMAGING POLICY -- RADIATION THERAPY IN PREGNANCY -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PHARMACEUTICALS PHOTOCHEMICALREACTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PHOTOCHEMICAL FLUORIMETRY -- Instrumentation -- Photoreactions in Fluorescence Analysis -- Applications of Photochemical-Induced Fluorescencein Pharmaceutical Analysis -- Kinetics Determination -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ULTRAVIOLET EXPOSURE MEASUREMENTSON A CORAL REEF BY APPLICATION OFPOLYPHENYLENE OXIDE FILM DOSIMETERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Materials and Methods -- PPO -- RESULTS -- Measurements of UV Exposures on the Coral Reef -- Spectral Variations in the UV Waveband -- PPO -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- RADIATION EXPOSURES INMEDICAL IMAGING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RADIATION EXPOSURE -- UNNECESSARY RADIATION -- Issues Related to the Device Use -- Issues Related to Clinical Decision -- RADIATION REDUCTION -- ESPECIAL GROUPS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- HOW TO USE UV RADIATION TO MONITORETHE PHOTOSTABILITY OFPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

BASICS IN PHOTOSTABILITY TESTING -- IRRADIATION SOURCES -- The Sample Exposure -- ACTINOMETRY -- PERFORMING A PHOTOSTABILITY TESTINGACCORDING TO THE ICH -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.