Population monitoring in radiation emergencies : a guide for state and local public health planners

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Radiation Studies Branch.
• Description:
  Population monitoring is the process of identifying, screening, and monitoring people for exposure to radiation or contamination from radioactive materials. This planners' guide presents an introduction to population monitoring in radiation emergencies for public health officials and emergency preparedness planners at the state and local levels. It describes how to plan for population monitoring and provides practical suggestions to address the many challenges it presents when a large population is potentially impacted.
  
  Based partly upon the CDC roundtable on population monitoring on January 11-12, 2005.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  developed by the Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. .
• Subjects:
  Emergencies Environmental Monitoring Radiation Dosage Radiation Monitoring Radioactive Hazard Release
• Document Type:
  Book
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Pages in Document:
  electronic; electronic resource; remote; 75 p. : digital, PDF file, ill.
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:50511f57cbef8e4378b572085a70951b59be1e1b22405879771042db646b7767
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5220/cdc_5220_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.58 MB ]