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== Previous glossary entries ==
=== from [[ICRP Publication 135]], 2017 ===
The total harm to health experienced by an exposed group and their descendants as a result of the group’s exposure to a radiation source. Detriment is a multi-dimensional concept. Its principal components are stochastic quantities: probability of attributable fatal cancer weighted probability of attributable non-fatal cancer weighted probability of severe heritable effects and potential years of life lost if the harm occurs.
=== from [[ICRP Publication 127]], 2014 ===