The ICRP protection quantities, equivalent and effective dose: Their basis and application

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 12-18

  Harrison, John D ^a   Streffer, C ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; RADIOISOTOPE;

AGE; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST MILK; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COLON CANCER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAMMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOM; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID CANCER; WORKER; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION MONITORING; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 44949210456     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm248     Document Type: Article

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