核科学和核技术的应用与当今社会生存和可持续发展密切相关,保健物理学是保障核科学技术在社会各领域得以安全应用的综合性学科.文章对保健物理学这一涉及多领域的交叉学科进行了概括性的介绍,对其涉及到的领域,学科主要内容及学科特点等作了简单描述.希冀文章有助于大家对这一学科的认识和了解.
Nuclear science and technology have an important bearing on the future and sustainable development of our society. The study of health physics is a comprehensive subject that deals with the safe application of nuclear radiation in all areas. An overview is presented of its history and development, and the special role it plays in many interdisciplinary fields. It is to be hoped that the subject of health physics will be better known in the future.