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The dose per fraction of radiation is the total dose divided into a particular number of fractions. A very large number of extremely small dose fractions becomes equivalent to low-dose-rate exposure. Very low dose rates protracted over long durations are called ‘chronic exposures’.
(Adapted from [[ICRP Publication 131]], 2015)
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