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Safety Requirements And Guidance For Analytical X-ray Equipment - Safety Code 32

References

  1. Treasury Board of Canada. Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health. Ottawa: Government Publishing Centre. 1989.
  2. Department of Labour. Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations. Ottawa: Queen's Printer; Canada Gazette; Revised Statutes of Canada, Chapter L-1; (SOR/86-304); 1984.
  3. International Commission on Radiological Protection. 1990 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection. Oxford: Pergamon Press; ICRP Publications 60; 1991.
  4. Department of National Health and Welfare. Radiation Emitting Devices Act. Ottawa: Queen's Printer; Revised Statutes of Canada, Chapter 34, Supplement 1; 1984.
  5. Department of National Health and Welfare. Recommended Safety Procedures for the Selection, Installation and Use of X-ray Diffraction Equipment. Ottawa, Ontario: Environmental Health Directorate; Safety Code-19; 84-EHD-111; 1984.
  6. Department of National Health and Welfare. Radiation Emitting Devices Regulations. Ottawa: Queen's Printer; Canada Gazette; Schedule I and II; 1981.
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  8. Masse, F.X., Contu-Reilly, J., Galanek, M., Ducatman, A. The need for additional warning in x-ray diffraction equipment: a shutter failure incident. Health Physics. 58:219; 1990.
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  10. Maharaj, H.P. Response of the Victoreen 440 RF/C and the Rad Owl RO-1 survey meters to low energy photons (<66 keV) for narrow beam
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