Effective dose: A radiation protection quantity

Annals of the ICRP

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 117-123

  Menzel, H G ^a   Harrison, J ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Radiation exposure; Radiation weighting factors; Radiological protection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84867803603     PISSN: 01466453     EISSN: 1872969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icrp.2012.06.022     Document Type: Article

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