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26 February 2021
Late normal tissue responses
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Radiation-induced normal tissue damage that in humans is expressed months to years after exposure (by def..."
Induced genomic instability
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Cellular phenomenon showing an altered state characterised by a persistent increase over many generations..."
Incidence
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Incidence
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The rate of occurrence of a disease in a population within a specified period of time, often expressed as..."
Homologous recombination
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Genetic recombination in which nucleotide sequences are exchanged between two similar or identical molecu..."
Excess relative risk
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Excess relative risk
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The rate of disease in an exposed population divided by the rate of disease in an unexposed population, m..."
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Excess absolute risk
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary An expression of risk based on the assumption that the excess risk from radiation exposure adds to the un..."
Epigenetic effects
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Epigenetic effects consist of phenotypic changes in the properties of a cell (due to such changes as DNA..."
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Doubling dose
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Absorbed dose to the reproduction organs that is required to produce as many heritable mutations as those..."
Tissue reaction
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Injury in populations of normal cells characterised by a threshold dose and an increase in the severity o..."
Dose-threshold hypothesis
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The hypothesis assuming that the risk of excess cancer and/or heritable disease is zero below a certain d..."
Dose and dose-rate effectiveness factor
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A judged factor used for adjusting the nominal risk coefficient for low dose and low dose rate exposure s..."
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Deterministic effect
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Injury of tissues and organs due to cell death. Characterised by a threshold dose and an increase in the..."
Cohort study
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Type of epidemiological study in which a population exposed to different levels of an agent (e.g. radiati..."
Case–control study
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Type of epidemiological study in which a group of subjects with the disease of interest (e.g. cases with..."
Biomarker
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A traceable substance, structure or process that can be measured indicating changes in a cell, a tissue,..."
Baseline disease rates
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The annual disease incidence observed in a population in the absence of exposure to the agent under study..."
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Detriment
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Detriment
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A concept used to quantify the harmful stochastic effects of low-level radiation exposure to the human po..."
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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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