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ICRP Glossary
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Life Span Study
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The long-term cohort study of health effects in the Japanese atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagas..."
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Radiological controlled area
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A defined area in which specific protection measures and safety provisions are, or could be, required for..."
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Exposure pathway
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A route by which radiation or radionuclides can reach human or non-human biota and cause exposure. (Adapt..."
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Dose modifying factor
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The ratio of doses with and without modifying agents, causing the same level of biological effect. (ICR..."
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Disposal facility
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary An engineered facility for the disposal of radioactive waste without the intention of retrieval. It repre..."
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Best available techniques
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The most effective and advanced available techniques that will prevent, or where not practicable, reduce..."
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Backscatter factor
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The backscatter factor depends on the x-ray spectrum, the x-ray field size, and the thickness and composi..."
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Authorised discharge
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A planned and controlled release to the environment within limits authorized by the regulatory body, of..."
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Adventitious source
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Apparatus or devices that incidentally emits ionising radiation in their use, rather than by design. '''..."
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Acute exposure
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Exposure received within a short period of time (in relation to the lifespan of the organism). '''Return..."
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Access control
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Restriction on access into certain designated areas (e.g. a controlled area) to facilitate radiological p..."
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Supervised area
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A defined area not designated as a controlled area but for which occupational exposure conditions are kep..."
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Informed consent
Created page with "The voluntary agreement to an activity based on sufficient information and understanding of the purpose, benefits and risks. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 138) '''Return..."
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ΓH2AX foci
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Accumulations of phosphorylated H2AX histone proteins (referred to as γH2AX) inside cell nuclei that can..."
Α/β value
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A measure of the curvature of the cell survival curve. The α/β value is also the dose at which the line..."
Absolute risk
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Adaptive response
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Adaptive response
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A cellular response induced by a low priming dose which, typically, serves to transiently increase the re..."
Acute radiation syndrome
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Acute radiation syndrome
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A spectrum of responses involving deterministic haematopoietic, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and cen..."
Absolute risk
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The probability or rate of the occurrence of a particular health event (e.g. disease incidence) over a sp..."
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mICRP Glossary
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Tumour suppressor gene
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A tumour suppressor gene, or anti-oncogene, is a gene that protects a cell from one step on the path to c..."
Transfer of risk
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Taking a risk coefficient estimated for one population and applying it to another population with differe..."
Sublethal damage repair
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary DNA repair occurring during low-dose-rate exposure or between dose fractions, resulting in less cell kill..."
Risk model
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A model describing the variation of the risk coefficient as a function of modifying factors, such as time..."
Relative life lost
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The ratio of the proportion of observed years of life lost among people dying of a disease in an exposed..."
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