Effective dose - A flawed concept that could and should be replaced

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 488-490

  Brenner, D J ^a  

^a Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Effective risk

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH RISKS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK PERCEPTION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TISSUE;

AGE DEPENDENCY; CANCER RISK; EFFECTIVE DOSE; EQUIVALENT DOSE; RADIATION-INDUCED; TISSUE SPECIFICS; WEIGHTED SUM; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 77950161916     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03902-7_139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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