Collective dose
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Collective dose is a measure of the total amount of effective dose
multiplied by the size of the exposed population. Collective dose is usually measured in units of person-rem
or person-sievert
s, or man-rem or man-sievert.
Effective dose
Effective dose may refer to:*Effective dose the dose of pharmacologic agent which will have a therapeutic effect in some fraction of the population receiving the drug...
multiplied by the size of the exposed population. Collective dose is usually measured in units of person-rem
Röntgen equivalent man
Named after Wilhelm Röntgen , the roentgen equivalent in man or rem is a unit of radiation dose equivalent...
or person-sievert
Sievert
The sievert is the International System of Units SI derived unit of dose equivalent radiation. It attempts to quantitatively evaluate the biological effects of ionizing radiation as opposed to just the absorbed dose of radiation energy, which is measured in gray...
s, or man-rem or man-sievert.
See also
- Radioactivity
- Radiation poisoningRadiation poisoningAcute radiation syndrome also known as radiation poisoning, radiation sickness or radiation toxicity, is a constellation of health effects which occur within several months of exposure to high amounts of ionizing radiation...
- Ionizing radiationIonizing radiationIonizing radiation is radiation composed of particles that individually have sufficient energy to remove an electron from an atom or molecule. This ionization produces free radicals, which are atoms or molecules containing unpaired electrons...
- Total effective dose equivalentTotal effective dose equivalentThe Total effective dose equivalent is a dosimetric quantity used for comparing the health effects of radiation to the human body.TEDE is used by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission to define dose limits for occupationally exposed individuals and members of the general public...
- Deep-dose equivalentDeep-dose equivalentThe Deep-dose equivalent is the external whole-body exposure dose equivalent at a tissue depth of 1 cm .-References:*-See also:*Radioactivity*Radiation poisoning*Ionizing radiation*Total effective dose equivalent*Collective dose...
- Cumulative doseCumulative doseCumulative dose is the total dose resulting from repeated exposures of ionizing radiation to an occupationally exposed worker to the same portion of the body, or to the whole body, over a period of time.-References:*-See also:*Radioactivity...
- Committed dose equivalent
- Committed effective dose equivalent