Direct bioassay
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Measurements of radioactive material in the human body utilizing instrumentation that detects radiation emitted from the radioactive material in the body. (ISO 28218) Interacting biochemical processes which recognise and respond to DNA damage in cells, e.g., by causing the arrest of the reproductive cell cycle.(ICRP Publication 103, 2007)
ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019