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| damage to early radiographers |
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| radiodermatitis, cancer, blood disorders |
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| absorbed dose is measured in |
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| equivalent dose is measured in |
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| effective dose is measured in |
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| uses a weighting factor to determine how different types of radiation effect different parts of the body |
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| average amount of energy transferred by incoming radiation to an object per unit length of track through the object |
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| large amounts of energy into a small area (alpha particles) |
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| small amount of energy into a large area (x-rays) |
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| formula for equivalent dose |
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| EqD= D x Wr or Sv= Gy x Wr |
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| measure of the risk or ionizing radiation using radiation weighting factor (Wr) and tissue weighting factor (Wt) |
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| fomula for effective dose |
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| collective effective dose |
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| describes radiation doses of a population from low doses of different sources of ionizing radiation |
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