PJSP - Special issue on Medical imaging, radiation therapy, and radiological protection

Vol. 20, Nos. 2/3, August-September 2006

Autor(es): PAHO, 140,p.  

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH) has put together this collection of articles and reports on diagnostic radiology, radiotherapy, and radiation protection written by professionals from different backgrounds, including radiologists, radiobiologists, medical physicists, and specialists in radiation protection. This special issue of the RPSP/PAJPH aims to raise awareness on the part of health officials and public health professionals regarding the needs and challenges we face in applying these technologies. We hope that reading this issue will motivate our professional colleagues and health ministry workers in the Americas to broaden the traditional scope of public health to include these disciplines, and will help accelerate changes that are so urgently needed and that will go a long way toward improving the health of the peoples of the Americas.