Effective dose
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the effective dose is calculated as:
where [math]H_T^M[/math] and math>H_F^M</math> are the equivalent doses to the tissues or organs [math]r_T[/math] of the Reference Adult Male and the Reference Adult Female, respectively and [math]w_T[/math] is the tissue weighting factor for target tissue T, with
<math>/sum_limits_T w_T = 1.
Effective dose is a weighted average of equivalent doses to organs/tissues. The averaging is performed over all organs and tissues of the human body for which radiation detriment can be quantified and for which wT values are assigned. As w_R and w_T are dimensionless, the SI unit for effective dose is the same as for absorbed dose J kg^(-1) and its special name is sievert (Sv).
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