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Effects, such as cancer, that are assumed to pose some risk even at low doses.|} ==<span class="mw-collapsible-headline">Details</span>== <div id="collapse-pre-one" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <div class="mw-collapsible-toggle"> <div class="mw-collapsible-toggle-row"> <div class="mw-collapsible-toggle"><span style="color:#ffffff;">[see more/less]</span></div> </div> </div><br /><div class="mw-collapsible-content"> {|width= 95%|style="width: 45%; vertical-align:top;" | Deterministic effects are also referred to as ''harmful tissue reactions''.
|style="width: 4%;" | |<span style="widthcolor: 45%#4682B4; verticalfont-alignsize:top;115%" | > '''Stochastic Effects''' </span> '''Effects, such as cancer, that are assumed to pose some risk even at low doses.''' Stochastic effects include ''cancer and heritable effects''.
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| <span style="color:#4682B4; font-size:115%"> '''Deterministic Effects''' </span>
'''Effects, such as skin burns, that only appear at relatively high doses.| <span style="color:#4682B4; font-size:115%"> '''Stochastic Effects''' </span>
They include, for example, skin burns and damage to the lens of the eye.
In extremely rare cases, such as in severe accidents, very high doses received in a very short time can lead to acute radiation syndrome and even death.
There is reliable scientific evidence that [[Absorbed, Equivalent, and Effective Dose | doses]] above 100 mSv can increase the risk of cancer. Below this dose the evidence is less clear, but for purposes of radiological protection it is assumed that even small doses might result in small increased risk.
Although heritable (genetic) effects have been seen in animals, none have ever been seen in humans. Even so, for protection purposes, a small risk of heritable effects is assumed.
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==<span class="mw-collapsible-headline">Quotes from ICRP Publications</span>==
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'''''[[ICRP Publication 118]]'' paragraph 10'''
<blockquote> The manifestations of tissue injury vary from one tissue to another depending on cellular composition, proliferation rate, and mechanisms of response to radiation, which may be highly tissue specific. Examples ... include cataracts of the lens of the eye, non-malignant damage to the skin, cell depletion in the bone marrow causing haematological deficiencies, and gonadal cell damage leading to impairment of fertility. Tissue reactions, especially late reactions, also depend on damage to blood vessels or elements of the extracellular matrix, which are common to most organs of the body. </blockquote>
