Film badge Postal Dose Intercomparision of Japan, Korea and Taiwan

Scholarly Communication in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan

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Film Badge Dosimetry Versus Luminescence Dosimetry

The field of personnel radiation monitoring is presently in a state of radical change. It appears that the unreliability of the film badge is now firmly established, bringing into question the value of much of the massive amount of personnel dosimetry data accumulated in the past three decades. This article examines the evidence "against" the film badge and reviews the comparative studies "for"...

Japan - Korea

A comparison of the recognition of overwork-related cardiovascular disease in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.

In Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) caused by overwork are recognized by government as work-related. These three countries are the only countries in the world that officially recognize CVDs caused by psychosocial factors (e.g., overwork) as work-related cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases (WR-CVDs), and compensate employees accordingly. The pr...

Cumulative radiation dose in patients admitted with subarachnoid hemorrhage: a prospective study using a self-developing film badge.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE While considerable attention has been directed to reducing the x-ray dose of individual imaging studies, there is little information available on the cumulative dose during imaging-intensive hospitalizations. We used a radiation-sensitive badge on 12 patients admitted with SAH to determine if this approach was feasible and to measure the extent of their x-ray exposure. ...