Radiation Protection Glossary
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Dose Rate
Dose rate is a term applied for the rate at which Ionising Radiation
is being absorbed by a medium (e.g. tissue). Whilst it is accurate to apply a prefix or postfix (e.g. 'absorbed dose
rate'), the term is probably most often applied to Effective dose
, which is a useful quality in expressing harm or overall risk of harm from whole body irradiation.
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