title: NCRP Program Area Committee 4: Radiation Protection in Medicine.
abstract: Program Area Committee (PAC) 4 deals with issues in radiation protection in healthcare settings. NCRP Statement No. 11 was published at the end of 2014, and three active scientific committees (SC) are at work--SC 4-5, SC 4-7, and SC 4-8. PAC 4 is also considering a number of topics that could be addressed by new scientific committees in the future.
authors.affiliation: *Massachusetts General Hospital, 175 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02114; †Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD.
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Brink
authors.forename: Donald L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D008511:Medicine; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011874:Radiometry; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000458:organization & administration*