Use of effective dose

Annals of the ICRP

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 215-224

  Harrison, J D ^a   Balonov, M ^b   Martin, C J ^c   Ortiz Lopez, P ^d   Menzel, H G ^e   Simmonds, J R ^f   Smith Bindman, R ^g   Wakeford, R ^h  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b St Petersburg Institute of Radiation Hygiene   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^e CERN   (Switzerland)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Deterministic risk; Effective dose; Equivalent dose; Stochastic risk

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CALCULATION; EXPOSURE; FOOT; HUMAN; LENS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POPULATION GROUP; RELIABILITY; SKIN; UNCERTAINTY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84966929745     PISSN: 01466453     EISSN: 1872969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146645316634566     Document Type: Article

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