Committed equivalent dose

The time integral of the equivalent dose rate in a particular tissue or organ that will be received by an individual following intake of radioactive material into the body by a Reference Person, where s is the integration time in years. (ICRP Publication 103, 2007)

The committed equivalent dose ([math]H_T(τ)[/math]) in a tissue or organ [math]T[/math] is defined by:

[math] H_t(τ)= \int\limits_{t_0}^{t_0+τ} H_t(t)dt [/math]

ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019

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