Each fact uncovered by whole body counters seems to trigger more penetrating research. This is how science advances. And with the advance of science comes knowledge on which we may build intelligent behavior and find solutions to problems affecting our lives.
SUGGESTED REFERENCES
Books
Environmental Radioactivity, Merril Eisenbud, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York. 1963, 430 pp., $13.50.
Radioactivity in Man: Whole Body Counting and the Effects of Internal Gamma Ray-Emitting Radioisotopes, George R. Meneely (Ed.). Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois. 1965, 672 pp., $24.50.
Whole Body Counting, Proceedings of the Symposium on Whole Body Counting Held by the International Atomic Energy Agency at the Neue Hofburg, Vienna (June 12-16, 1961), National Agency for International Publications, 317 East 34th Street, New York 10016, 1962, 535 pp., $10.00.
How to Detect and Measure Radiation, Harold S. Renne, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., New York, 1963, 160 pp., $3.95.
An Introduction to Radiation Counters and Detectors, C. C. H. Washtell, George Newnes Ltd., London, 1960, 115 pp., $7.50.
Liquid Scintillation Counting, Proceedings of a Conference Held at Northwestern University (August 20-22, 1957), Carlos G. Bell, Jr., and F. Newton Hayes (Eds.), Pergamon Press, Inc., New York, 1958, 292 pp., $10.00.
Reports
Fundamental Nuclear Energy Research, A Special Report of the United Stales Atomic Energy Commission (December 1963), Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402, 407 pp., $2.50. Whole Body Counters as Medical Aids, pp. 11-13; Acute Whole Body Irradiation Effects, pp. 35-41; Chronic Whole Body Irradiation Effects, pp. 42-48.
Radioactive Contamination of Materials Used in Scientific Research, James R. DeVoe, Nuclear Science Series Report No. 34, National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council, Washington, D. C. 20418, 1961, $2.00. Appendix VIII, The Negotiations and Developmental Work on Low Activity Glasses for Use in Whole Body Counters, pp. 109-115.
Articles
Liquid Scintillation Counting of C¹⁴ and H³ Labeled Amino Acids and Proteins, M. Vaughan and others, Science, 126: 446 (Sept. 6, 1957).
Phosphorescence in Liquid Scintillation Counting of Proteins, R. J. Herberg, Science, 128: 199 (July 25, 1958).
Suspension Counting of Carbon-14 in Scintillation Gels, B. L. Funt and A. Hetherington, Science, 125: 986 (May 17, 1957).
Liquid Scintillation Counting of Aqueous Solutions of Carbon-14 and Tritium, J. Shapira and W. H. Perkins, Science, 131: 414 (Feb. 12, 1960).
Alone in the Dark with a Panic Button: Purdue’s Whole Body Counter, Martin Mann, Popular Science, 181: 90 (October 1962).
Counter as a Test Instrument, W. H. Bucksbaum, Electronics World, 68: 48 (November 1962).
Spiral Capillary Plastic Scintillation Flow Counter for Beta Assay, B. L. Funt and A. Hetherington, Science, 129: 1429 (May 22, 1959).
Motion Pictures
Available for loan without charge from the AEC Headquarters Film Library, Division of Public Information, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. 20545 and from other AEC film libraries.