In support of ICRP's call to action to strengthen expertise in radiological protection worldwide

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, 439-B Nicholson Hall, Tower Dr., Baton Rouge, LA, 70803-4001, USA. newhauser@lsu.edu.
² University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box EHSC, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA.
³ US Public Health Service, Falls Church, VA, 22042, USA.
⁴ Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA, 70121, USA.
⁵ University of Tennessee, 244 Zeanah Engineering Complex, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA.
⁶ United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries, Washington State University, 1845 Terminal Drive, Richland, WA, 99354, USA.
⁷ Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Comment

Wayne D Newhauser et al. Radiat Environ Biophys. 2023 Aug.

. 2023 Aug;62(3):287-288.

doi: 10.1007/s00411-023-01038-z. Epub 2023 Jul 12.

¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, 439-B Nicholson Hall, Tower Dr., Baton Rouge, LA, 70803-4001, USA. newhauser@lsu.edu.
² University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box EHSC, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA.
³ US Public Health Service, Falls Church, VA, 22042, USA.
⁴ Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA, 70121, USA.
⁵ University of Tennessee, 244 Zeanah Engineering Complex, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA.
⁶ United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries, Washington State University, 1845 Terminal Drive, Richland, WA, 99354, USA.
⁷ Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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Keywords: Radiation protection workforce.

Comment on

Vancouver call for action to strengthen expertise in radiological protection worldwide.
Rühm W, Cho K, Larsson CM, Wojcik A, Clement C, Applegate K, Bochud F, Bouffler S, Cool D, Hirth G, Kai M, Laurier D, Liu S, Romanov S, Schneider T. Rühm W, et al. Radiat Environ Biophys. 2023 May;62(2):175-180. doi: 10.1007/s00411-023-01024-5. Epub 2023 Apr 25. Radiat Environ Biophys. 2023. PMID: 37097458 Free PMC article. Review.

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