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Seventy-five years of radiation protection

1973; Wiley; Volume: 46; Issue: 550 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1259/0007-1285-46-550-854

1748-880X

R. Oliver,

Effects of Radiation Exposure

As early as 1898 the Röntgen Society set up a Committee to report on the alleged injurious effects of X-rays. In 1915 the Society published a set of protection Rules for X-ray operators and in 1918 Russ started a hospital film badge service. The report of the British X-ray and Radium Protection Committee published in 1921 formed the basis of the first international recommendations in 1928 and the Institute and its members have continued to contribute to the work of ICRP. The development of atomic energy, both for weapons and for power and radioisotope production, led to a rapid expansion of radiation work and the establishment of Health Physics as a profession. But diagnostic radiology remains the major source of population irradiation, so that efforts to reduce this exposure whilst still exploiting the medical advantages of radiological procedures, and consideration of the risk/benefit balance in this connection, remain subjects particularly suited to discussion by the Institute with its interdisciplinary membership of clinicians, scientists and engineers.