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[[Categories of exposure]]
 
[[Categories of exposure]]
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[[Category of exposed individual]]
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[[Cell death]]
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[[Chromosome dosimetry]]
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[[Chronic exposure]]
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[[Class SR-0 gases]]
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[[Class SR-1 gases]]
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[[Class SR-2 gases]]
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[[Clearance level]]
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[[Clonogenic cells]]
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[[Clonogenic survival]]
  
 
[[Co-expertise]]
 
[[Co-expertise]]
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[[Colony]]
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[[Committed effective dose, E(τ)]]
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[[Commodity]]
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[[Complex tissues]]
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[[Computed tomography dose index, CTDI]]
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[[Conditional renewing (complex or flexible) tissues]]
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[[Confidence limits]]
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[[Confinement]]
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[[Connective tissue]]
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[[Consequential late effects]]
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[[Constancy test]]
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[[Consumer product]]
  
 
[[Contamination]]
 
[[Contamination]]
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[[Control measures]]
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[[Coronary heart disease/congestive heart disease]]
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[[Cortical (bone) marrow]]
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[[Cost-benefit analysis]]
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[[Coster-Kronig (CK) transition]]
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[[Critical group]]
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[[Curie, Ci]]
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[[Cytokines]]
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[[D0]]
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[[Decay constant]]
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[[Decision threshold]]
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[[Decommissioning]]
  
 
[[Decontamination]]
 
[[Decontamination]]
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[[Decontamination factor]]
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[[Defence-in-depth]]
  
 
[[Deontological Ethics]]
 
[[Deontological Ethics]]
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[[Deposition class]]
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[[Derived consideration reference level]]
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[[Diastasis]]
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[[Dichotomous]]
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[[Differentiation]]
  
 
[[Dignity]]
 
[[Dignity]]
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[[Direct bioassay]]
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[[Disposal]]
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[[Disposal Facility]]
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[[DNA damage signalling]]
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[[Dose assessment/estimation]]
  
 
[[Dose constraint]]
 
[[Dose constraint]]
  
 
[[Dose criteria]]
 
[[Dose criteria]]
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[[Dose equivalent in an organ or tissue, HT,Q]]
  
 
[[Dose limit]]
 
[[Dose limit]]
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[[Dose Modifying Factor (DMF)]]
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[[Dose per unit intake, DPUI]]
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[[Dose rate]]
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[[Dose rate effectiveness factor, DREF]]
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[[Dosemeter/dosimeter]]
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[[Dose-rate effect]]
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[[Dose–response function (DRF)]]
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[[Dose-threshold]]
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[[Dosimetrists]]
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[[Dysrhythmia]]
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[[Early effect]]
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[[Early normal tissue responses]]
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[[Effect Dose 50 (ED50)]]
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[[Effective charge number, Z*]]
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[[Effective dose equivalent, HE]]
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[[Effective half-life (Teff)]]
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[[Electron-capture decay]]
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[[Electrophysiology]]
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[[Emergency]]
  
 
[[Emergency exposure situation]]
 
[[Emergency exposure situation]]
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[[Emergency plan]]
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[[Emergency preparedness]]
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[[Emergency procedures]]
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[[Emergency Worker]]
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[[Endogeneous excretion]]
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[[Entrance surface dose]]
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[[Environmental (radiation) monitoring]]
  
 
[[Environmental exposure]]
 
[[Environmental exposure]]
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[[Environmental radiation protection]]
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[[Epithelium]]
  
 
[[Equity]]
 
[[Equity]]
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[[Equivalent dose (HT)]]
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[[Erythropoietin]]
  
 
[[Ethics]]
 
[[Ethics]]
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[[Event tree analysis]]
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[[Excretion function]]
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[[Excretion rate]]
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[[Exempt waste]]
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[[Exemption level]]
  
 
[[Existing exposure situation]]
 
[[Existing exposure situation]]
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[[Exponential survival curve]]
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[[Exposure]]
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[[Exposure assessment]]
  
 
[[Exposure Pathway]]
 
[[Exposure Pathway]]
  
 
[[Exposure situation]]
 
[[Exposure situation]]
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[[External radiation]]
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[[Extrapolation number]]
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[[Extrathoracic airways]]
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[[Extremity dosemeter]]
  
 
[[Fairness]]
 
[[Fairness]]
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[[Fault tree analysis]]
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[[Field-size effect]]
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[[Fixed (surface) contamination]]
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[[Flexible tissues]]
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[[Fluoroscopically guided interventions]]
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[[Forbiddenness]]
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[[Fractionation]]
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[[Fractionation sensitivity]]
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[[Galactic cosmic radiation (GCR)]]
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[[Gamma ray]]
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[[Gastrointestinal]]
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[[Gastrointestinal syndrome]]
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[[Geochemical phase association]]
  
 
[[Graded approach]]
 
[[Graded approach]]
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[[Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor]]
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[[Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor]]
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[[Growth fraction]]
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[[Growth hormone (somatotropin)]]
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[[Habitual mouth breather]]
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[[Habitual nose breather]]
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[[Half-life, physical (T1/2)]]
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[[Hazard]]
  
 
[[Health Surveillance]]
 
[[Health Surveillance]]
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[[Heliosphere]]
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[[Hierarchical tissues]]
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[[High level waste, HLW]]
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[[Hormones]]
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[[Human Respiratory Tract Model (HRTM)]]
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[[Hyperbaric oxygen]]
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[[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]]
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[[Hypoplasia]]
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[[Immune system]]
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[[In vivo measurement]]
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[[Inactive (bone) marrow]]
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[[Incident]]
  
 
[[Inclusiveness]]
 
[[Inclusiveness]]
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[[Individual decontamination]]
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[[Individual dose]]
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[[Individual dose equivalent]]
  
 
[[Individual dose restriction]]
 
[[Individual dose restriction]]
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[[Individual monitoring]]
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[[Individual-related]]
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[[Individual-related]]
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[[Individual-related assessment]]
  
 
[[Informed Consent]]
 
[[Informed Consent]]
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[[Ingestion exposure planning zone,  IEPZ]]
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[[Inhalability]]
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[[Inhalation class]]
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[[Initial slope]]
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[[Inner bremsstrahlung]]
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[[Institutional control]]
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[[Intermediate level waste, ILW]]
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[[Internal conversion electron]]
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[[Interphase death]]
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[[Intervention Level]]
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[[Interventional procedure]]
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[[Investigation level]]
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[[Iodine prophylaxis]]
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[[Iso-effect plots]]
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[[Isolation]]
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[[Isomeric transition decay]]
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[[Isomers]]
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[[Isotropic geometry]]
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[[Iteroparous]]
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[[Itinerant (radiation) worker]]
  
 
[[Justice]]
 
[[Justice]]
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[[Justification]]
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[[K, Kp index]]
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[[Kerma-area product (KAP)]]
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[[Late effect, delayed effect]]
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[[Latent time/period or latency interval]]
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[[Legal person]]
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[[Legislators]]
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[[Limit]]
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[[Limitation of dose]]
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[[Lineal energy]]
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[[Linear no-threshold  (LNT) hypothesis]]
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[[Linear-non-threshold (LNT) model]]
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[[Low Earth orbit (LEO)]]
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[[Low level waste, LLW]]
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[[Low toxicity alpha emitter]]
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[[Lung absorption type]]
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[[Lymphatic system]]
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[[Macrophage colony stimulating factor]]
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[[Magnetosphere]]
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[[Medical exposure]]
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[[Medical intervention]]
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[[Member of the public]]
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[[Mendelian diseases]]
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[[Minimum significant activity (MSA)]]
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[[Mitigation]]
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[[Monitoring]]
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[[Multistage tumorigenesis]]
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[[Myocardial perfusion]]
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[[Nasal Augmenter]]
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[[Natural background]]
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[[Natural environment]]
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[[Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM)]]
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[[Necrosis]]
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[[Neurological syndrome]]
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[[Neurovascular syndrome]]
  
 
[[Non-maleficence]]
 
[[Non-maleficence]]

Revision as of 18:43, 8 April 2019

Absorption Type

Accelerated fractionation

Acceptance test

Access Control

Accountability

Action Level

Active (red) bone marrow

Activity median thermodynamic diameter (AMTD)

Activity, A

Acute Exposure

Adventitious

Adventitious Source

Aerodynamic diameter (dae)

Air sampling

Air-kerma rate constant

Air-kerma rate constant (Γδ)

Air-kerma, entrance surface

Air-kerma, incident (Ki)

Air-kerma, product (PKA)

Alimentary tract

Alimentary tract transfer factor, fA

Alpha decay

Alveolar-interstitial region, AI

Angiogenesis

Annihilation photons

Annual dose

Area monitoring

Auger transition

Authorised Discharge

Authorization

Authorized limit

Autoimmune disease

Autonomy

Avalanche

Averted dose

Background dose (rate)

Backscatter Factor (B)

Basal cell

Beneficence

Benthic

Best Available Techniques (BAT)

Beta-minus decay

Beta-plus decay

Bioassay

Bioassay function

Biokinetic model

Biological dosimetry

Biomedical research volunteer

Bioturbation

Bone marrow

Bradycardia

Branching fraction

Bronchial region

Bystander effect

Calibration

Cardiac arrhythmias

Cardiac valve diseases

Cardiomyopathy

Cardioverter-defibrillator

Categories of exposure

Category of exposed individual

Cell death

Chromosome dosimetry

Chronic exposure

Class SR-0 gases

Class SR-1 gases

Class SR-2 gases

Clearance level

Clonogenic cells

Clonogenic survival

Co-expertise

Colony

Committed effective dose, E(τ)

Commodity

Complex tissues

Computed tomography dose index, CTDI

Conditional renewing (complex or flexible) tissues

Confidence limits

Confinement

Connective tissue

Consequential late effects

Constancy test

Consumer product

Contamination

Control measures

Coronary heart disease/congestive heart disease

Cortical (bone) marrow

Cost-benefit analysis

Coster-Kronig (CK) transition

Critical group

Curie, Ci

Cytokines

D0

Decay constant

Decision threshold

Decommissioning

Decontamination

Decontamination factor

Defence-in-depth

Deontological Ethics

Deposition class

Derived consideration reference level

Diastasis

Dichotomous

Differentiation

Dignity

Direct bioassay

Disposal

Disposal Facility

DNA damage signalling

Dose assessment/estimation

Dose constraint

Dose criteria

Dose equivalent in an organ or tissue, HT,Q

Dose limit

Dose Modifying Factor (DMF)

Dose per unit intake, DPUI

Dose rate

Dose rate effectiveness factor, DREF

Dosemeter/dosimeter

Dose-rate effect

Dose–response function (DRF)

Dose-threshold

Dosimetrists

Dysrhythmia

Early effect

Early normal tissue responses

Effect Dose 50 (ED50)

Effective charge number, Z*

Effective dose equivalent, HE

Effective half-life (Teff)

Electron-capture decay

Electrophysiology

Emergency

Emergency exposure situation

Emergency plan

Emergency preparedness

Emergency procedures

Emergency Worker

Endogeneous excretion

Entrance surface dose

Environmental (radiation) monitoring

Environmental exposure

Environmental radiation protection

Epithelium

Equity

Equivalent dose (HT)

Erythropoietin

Ethics

Event tree analysis

Excretion function

Excretion rate

Exempt waste

Exemption level

Existing exposure situation

Exponential survival curve

Exposure

Exposure assessment

Exposure Pathway

Exposure situation

External radiation

Extrapolation number

Extrathoracic airways

Extremity dosemeter

Fairness

Fault tree analysis

Field-size effect

Fixed (surface) contamination

Flexible tissues

Fluoroscopically guided interventions

Forbiddenness

Fractionation

Fractionation sensitivity

Galactic cosmic radiation (GCR)

Gamma ray

Gastrointestinal

Gastrointestinal syndrome

Geochemical phase association

Graded approach

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

Growth fraction

Growth hormone (somatotropin)

Habitual mouth breather

Habitual nose breather

Half-life, physical (T1/2)

Hazard

Health Surveillance

Heliosphere

Hierarchical tissues

High level waste, HLW

Hormones

Human Respiratory Tract Model (HRTM)

Hyperbaric oxygen

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Hypoplasia

Immune system

In vivo measurement

Inactive (bone) marrow

Incident

Inclusiveness

Individual decontamination

Individual dose

Individual dose equivalent

Individual dose restriction

Individual monitoring

Individual-related

Individual-related

Individual-related assessment

Informed Consent

Ingestion exposure planning zone, IEPZ

Inhalability

Inhalation class

Initial slope

Inner bremsstrahlung

Institutional control

Intermediate level waste, ILW

Internal conversion electron

Interphase death

Intervention Level

Interventional procedure

Investigation level

Iodine prophylaxis

Iso-effect plots

Isolation

Isomeric transition decay

Isomers

Isotropic geometry

Iteroparous

Itinerant (radiation) worker

Justice

Justification

K, Kp index

Kerma-area product (KAP)

Late effect, delayed effect

Latent time/period or latency interval

Legal person

Legislators

Limit

Limitation of dose

Lineal energy

Linear no-threshold (LNT) hypothesis

Linear-non-threshold (LNT) model

Low Earth orbit (LEO)

Low level waste, LLW

Low toxicity alpha emitter

Lung absorption type

Lymphatic system

Macrophage colony stimulating factor

Magnetosphere

Medical exposure

Medical intervention

Member of the public

Mendelian diseases

Minimum significant activity (MSA)

Mitigation

Monitoring

Multistage tumorigenesis

Myocardial perfusion

Nasal Augmenter

Natural background

Natural environment

Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM)

Necrosis

Neurological syndrome

Neurovascular syndrome

Non-maleficence

Planned exposure situation

Practical radiological protection culture

Precautionary principle

Principle of application of dose limits

Principle of justification

Principle of optimisation

Procedural values

Projected dose

Protection strategy

Protective action

Prudence

Public exposure

Reasonableness

Recovery

Reference level

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation of living conditions

Remediation

Representative organism (non-human biota)

Representative person

Residual dose

Right to know

Self-help protection

Radiation Source

Stakeholder

Tolerability

Transparency

Utilitarian ethics

Value judgement

Virtue ethics

Wisdom

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