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[[File:Glossary Header-left2.png|800px|frameless|none|link=ICRP Glossary]]
  
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The ICRP Glossary collects ICRP’s definitive explanations of terms for current use. Some entries include historical descriptions to help readers better understand the term in a particular context.
  
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It is a living document, updated regularly.
  
[[Acceptance test]]
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Many ICRP publications feature their own glossaries including, for example, highly specialized terms relevant to that specific publication or helpful for a reader to have close at hand, or when introducing new terms to be added to the ICRP Glossary.
  
[[Access Control]]
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Although the ICRP Glossary is not a dictionary, terms already well covered in the Oxford English Dictionary are not included here unless further explanation is needed to understand the way in which these terms are used in [[ICRP publications]].
  
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[[Action Level]]
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<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
  
[[Active (red) bone marrow]]
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=== <big><span id="09">0-9</span></big> ===
  
[[Activity median thermodynamic diameter (AMTD)]]
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*4DCT (see [[Time-resolved computed tomography]])
  
[[Activity, A]]
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=== <big><span id="A">A</span></big> ===
  
[[Acute Exposure]]
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*[[Absolute risk]]
  
[[Adventitious]]
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*[[Absorbed dose]], D
  
[[Adventitious Source]]
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*[[Absorbed fraction]]
  
[[Aerodynamic diameter (dae)]]
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*[[Absorption]]
  
[[Air sampling]]
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*[[Accelerated fractionation]]
  
[[Air-kerma rate constant]]
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*[[Acceptance test]]
  
[[Air-kerma rate constant (Γδ)]]
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*[[Access control]]
  
[[Air-kerma, entrance surface]]
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*[[Accountability]]
  
[[Air-kerma, incident (Ki)]]
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*[[Accreditation]]
  
[[Air-kerma, product (PKA)]]
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*[[Action Level]]
  
[[Alimentary tract]]
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*[[Activation]]
  
[[Alimentary tract transfer factor, fA]]
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*[[Active detection system]]
  
[[Alpha decay]]
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*[[Active (red) bone marrow]]
  
[[Alveolar-interstitial region, AI]]
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*[[Activity]]
  
[[Angiogenesis]]
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*[[Activity median thermodynamic diameter]]
  
[[Annihilation photons]]
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*[[Acute exposure]]
  
[[Annual dose]]
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*Acute radiation sickness (see [[Acute radiation syndrome]])
  
[[Area monitoring]]
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*[[Acute radiation syndrome]]
  
[[Auger transition]]
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*[[Additional dose]]
  
[[Authorised Discharge]]
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*[[Adaptive response]]
  
[[Authorization]]
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*[[Additive risk projection model]]
  
[[Authorized limit]]
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*[[Adenoma]]
  
[[Autoimmune disease]]
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*[[Adventitious]]
  
[[Autonomy]]
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*[[Adventitious source]]
  
[[Avalanche]]
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*[[Aerodynamic diameter ]]
  
[[Averted dose]]
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*[[Air-kerma rate constant]]
  
[[Background dose (rate)]]
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*[[Air kerma at the patient entrance reference point]]
  
[[Backscatter Factor (B)]]
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*[[Air-kerma, entrance surface]]
  
[[Basal cell]]
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*[[Air-kerma, incident]]
  
[[Beneficence]]
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*[[Air-kerma, product]]
  
[[Benthic]]
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*[[ALARA]]
  
[[Best Available Techniques (BAT)]]
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*ALI (see [[Annual limit on intake]])
  
[[Beta-minus decay]]
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*[[Alimentary tract]]
  
[[Beta-plus decay]]
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*[[Alimentary tract transfer factor]]
  
[[Bioassay]]
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*[[Allometry]]
  
[[Bioassay function]]
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*[[Alpha decay]]
  
[[Biokinetic model]]
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*[[Alveolar-interstitial region]]
  
[[Biological dosimetry]]
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*AMAD (see [[Activity median aerodynamic diameter]])
  
[[Biomedical research volunteer]]
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*[[Ambient dose equivalent]], H*(10)
  
[[Bioturbation]]
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*[[AML/eto]]
  
[[Bone marrow]]
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*[[Angiogenesis]]
  
[[Bradycardia]]
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*[[Annihilation photons]]
  
[[Branching fraction]]
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*[[Annual dose]]
  
[[Bronchial region]]
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*[[Annual intake]]
  
[[Bystander effect]]
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*[[Annual limit on intake]]
  
[[Calibration]]
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*[[Apoptosis]]
  
[[Cardiac arrhythmias]]
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*[[Area monitoring]]
  
[[Cardiac valve diseases]]
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*ARS (see [[Acute radiation syndrome]])
  
[[Cardiomyopathy]]
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*[[Attributable risk]]
  
[[Cardioverter-defibrillator]]
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*[[Auger transition]]
  
[[Categories of exposure]]
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*[[Authorised discharge]]
  
[[Category of exposed individual]]
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*[[Authorization]]
  
[[Cell death]]
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*[[Authorized limit]]
  
[[Chromosome dosimetry]]
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*[[Autoimmune disease]]
  
[[Chronic exposure]]
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*[[Automatic exposure control]]
  
[[Class SR-0 gases]]
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*[[Autonomy]]
  
[[Class SR-1 gases]]
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*[[Averted dose]]
  
[[Class SR-2 gases]]
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=== <big><span id="B">B</span></big> ===
  
[[Clearance level]]
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*[[Background dose (rate)]]
  
[[Clonogenic cells]]
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*[[Backscatter detection system]]
  
[[Clonogenic survival]]
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*[[Backscatter factor]]
  
[[Co-expertise]]
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*[[Basal cell]]
  
[[Colony]]
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*[[Baseline disease rates]]
  
[[Committed effective dose, E(τ)]]
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*BAT (see [[Best available techniques]])
  
[[Commodity]]
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*Bcr/abl (see [[Breakpoint cluster region/abelson]])
  
[[Complex tissues]]
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*[[Beneficence]]
  
[[Computed tomography dose index, CTDI]]
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*[[Benthic]]
  
[[Conditional renewing (complex or flexible) tissues]]
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*[[Best available techniques]]
  
[[Confidence limits]]
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*[[Beta-minus decay]]
  
[[Confinement]]
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*[[Beta-plus decay]]
  
[[Connective tissue]]
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*[[Bioassay]]
  
[[Consequential late effects]]
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*[[Biological half-life]]
  
[[Constancy test]]
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*[[Biomarker]]
  
[[Consumer product]]
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*[[Biomedical research volunteer]]
  
[[Contamination]]
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*[[Bioturbation]]
  
[[Control measures]]
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*[[Bone marrow]]
  
[[Coronary heart disease/congestive heart disease]]
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*[[Bradycardia]]
  
[[Cortical (bone) marrow]]
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*[[Brachytherapy]]
  
[[Cost-benefit analysis]]
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*[[Branching fraction]]
  
[[Coster-Kronig (CK) transition]]
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*[[Bragg peak]]
  
[[Critical group]]
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*[[Breakpoint cluster region/abelson]]
  
[[Curie, Ci]]
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*[[Broad beam therapy irradiation technique]]
  
[[Cytokines]]
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*[[Bronchial region]]
  
[[D0]]
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*[[Bronchiolar region]]
  
[[Decay constant]]
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*[[Bystander effect]]
  
[[Decision threshold]]
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=== <big><span id="C">C</span></big> ===
  
[[Decommissioning]]
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*CACA (see [[Cobblestone area forming cell assay]])
  
[[Decontamination]]
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*CAFC (see [[Cobblestone area forming cell assay]])
  
[[Decontamination factor]]
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*CBCT (see [[Cone beam computed tomography]])
  
[[Defence-in-depth]]
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*[[Cardiac arrhythmias]]
  
[[Deontological Ethics]]
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*[[Cardiac valve diseases]]
  
[[Deposition class]]
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*[[Cardiomyopathy]]
  
[[Derived consideration reference level]]
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*[[Cardioverter-defibrillator]]
  
[[Diastasis]]
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*[[Carers and comforters]]
  
[[Dichotomous]]
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*[[Case–control study]]
  
[[Differentiation]]
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*[[Cell death]]
  
[[Dignity]]
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*[[Charged-particle equilibrium]]
  
[[Direct bioassay]]
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*[[Chronic exposure]]
  
[[Disposal]]
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*[[Class SR-0 gases]]
  
[[Disposal Facility]]
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*[[Class SR-1 gases]]
  
[[DNA damage signalling]]
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*[[Class SR-2 gases]]
  
[[Dose assessment/estimation]]
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*[[Clearance]]
  
[[Dose constraint]]
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*[[Clearance level]]
  
[[Dose criteria]]
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*[[Clinical audit]]
  
[[Dose equivalent in an organ or tissue, HT,Q]]
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*[[Clonogenic cells]]
  
[[Dose limit]]
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*[[Clonogenic survival]]
  
[[Dose Modifying Factor (DMF)]]
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*[[Clonogenic surviving fraction]]
  
[[Dose per unit intake, DPUI]]
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*Cobblestone area cell assay (see [[Cobblestone area forming cell assay]])
  
[[Dose rate]]
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*[[Cobblestone area forming cell assay]]
  
[[Dose rate effectiveness factor, DREF]]
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*[[Collective dose]]
  
[[Dosemeter/dosimeter]]
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*[[Co-expertise]]
  
[[Dose-rate effect]]
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*[[Cohort study]]
  
[[Dose–response function (DRF)]]
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*[[Collective dose]]
  
[[Dose-threshold]]
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*[[Collective effective dose]]
  
[[Dosimetrists]]
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*[[Collimation]]
  
[[Dysrhythmia]]
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*[[Colony]]
  
[[Early effect]]
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*[[Commissioning]]
  
[[Early normal tissue responses]]
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*[[Committed effective dose]]
  
[[Effect Dose 50 (ED50)]]
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*[[Committed equivalent dose]]
  
[[Effective charge number, Z*]]
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*[[Compartment]]
  
[[Effective dose equivalent, HE]]
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*[[Compartment (environmental)]]
  
[[Effective half-life (Teff)]]
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*[[Complex tissues]]
  
[[Electron-capture decay]]
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*[[Computed tomography dose index]]
  
[[Electrophysiology]]
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*[[Concentration ratio]]
  
[[Emergency]]
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*[[Cone beam computed tomography]]
  
[[Emergency exposure situation]]
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*[[Connective tissue]]
  
[[Emergency plan]]
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*[[Consequential late effects]]
  
[[Emergency preparedness]]
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*[[Constancy test]]
  
[[Emergency procedures]]
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*[[Containment]]
  
[[Emergency Worker]]  
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*[[Contamination]]
  
[[Endogeneous excretion]]
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*[[Coronary heart disease]]
  
[[Entrance surface dose]]
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*[[Cosmic radiation]]
  
[[Environmental (radiation) monitoring]]
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*[[Cost-benefit analysis]]
  
[[Environmental exposure]]
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*[[Coster-Kronig transition]]
  
[[Environmental radiation protection]]
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*CR (see [[Concentration ratio]])
  
[[Epithelium]]
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*[[Cross section]]
  
[[Equity]]
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*Cumulative air kerma (see [[Air kerma at the patient entrance reference point]])
  
[[Equivalent dose (HT)]]
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*[[Cumulative dose]]
  
[[Erythropoietin]]
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*[[Curie]]
  
[[Ethics]]
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*[[Cytokines]]
  
[[Event tree analysis]]
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=== <big><span id="D">D</span></big> ===
  
[[Excretion function]]
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*DAC (see [[Derived air concentration]])
  
[[Excretion rate]]
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*DBT (see [[Digital breast tomosynthesis]])
  
[[Exempt waste]]
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*DCRL (see [[Derived consideration reference level]])
  
[[Exemption level]]
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*DD (see [[Doubling dose]])
  
[[Existing exposure situation]]
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*DDI, detector dose indicator (see [[Exposure index]])
  
[[Exponential survival curve]]
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*DIL (see [[Derived investigation level]])
  
[[Exposure]]
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*DDREF (see [[Dose and dose-rate effectiveness factor]])
  
[[Exposure assessment]]
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*[[Decay constant]]
  
[[Exposure Pathway]]
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*[[Decommissioning]]
  
[[Exposure situation]]
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*[[Decontamination]]
  
[[External radiation]]
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*[[Decontamination factor]]
  
[[Extrapolation number]]
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*[[Dental and maxillofacial imaging]]
  
[[Extrathoracic airways]]
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*[[Deontological Ethics]]
  
[[Extremity dosemeter]]
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*[[Deposition]] (inhalation)
  
[[Fairness]]
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*[[Derived air concentration]]
  
[[Fault tree analysis]]
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*[[Derived consideration reference level]]
  
[[Field-size effect]]
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*[[Derived investigation level]]  
  
[[Fixed (surface) contamination]]
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*[[Derived limit]]
  
[[Flexible tissues]]
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*[[Derived reference level]]
  
[[Fluoroscopically guided interventions]]
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*[[Designated area]]
  
[[Forbiddenness]]
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*Detector dose indicator (see [[Exposure index]])
  
[[Fractionation]]
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*[[Detector quantum efficiency]]
  
[[Fractionation sensitivity]]
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*[[Deterministic effect]]
  
[[Galactic cosmic radiation (GCR)]]
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*[[Detriment]]
  
[[Gamma ray]]
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*[[Detriment-adjusted risk]]
  
[[Gastrointestinal]]
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*[[Diagnostic reference level]]
  
[[Gastrointestinal syndrome]]
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*[[Diastasis]]
  
[[Geochemical phase association]]
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*[[Dicentric chromosome]]
  
[[Graded approach]]
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*[[Dichotomous]]
  
[[Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor]]
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*[[Differentiation]]
  
[[Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor]]
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*[[Digital breast tomosynthesis]]
  
[[Growth fraction]]
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*[[Dignity]]
  
[[Growth hormone (somatotropin)]]
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*[[Direct bioassay]]
  
[[Habitual mouth breather]]
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*[[Directional dose equivalent]] H’(d,Ω)
  
[[Habitual nose breather]]
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*[[Disposal]]
  
[[Half-life, physical (T1/2)]]
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*[[Disposal facility]]
  
[[Hazard]]
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*[[Distribution coefficient]] (''K<sub>d</sub>'')
  
[[Health Surveillance]]
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*DLP (see [[Dose-length product]])
  
[[Heliosphere]]
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*[[DNA damage signalling]]
  
[[Hierarchical tissues]]
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*[[Dose]] (of ionising radiation)
  
[[High level waste, HLW]]
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*[[Dose and dose-rate effectiveness factor]]
  
[[Hormones]]
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*[[Dose coefficient]]
  
[[Human Respiratory Tract Model (HRTM)]]
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*[[Dose commitment]]
  
[[Hyperbaric oxygen]]
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*[[Dose constraint]]
  
[[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]]
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*[[Dose conversion coefficient]]
  
[[Hypoplasia]]
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*[[Dose conversion convention]]
  
[[Immune system]]
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*[[Dose conversion factor]]
  
[[In vivo measurement]]
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*[[Dose criteria]]
  
[[Inactive (bone) marrow]]
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*[[Dose equivalent]] in an organ or tissue
  
[[Incident]]
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*[[Dose limit]]
  
[[Inclusiveness]]
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*[[Dose modifying factor]]
  
[[Individual decontamination]]
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*[[Dose of record (E)]]
  
[[Individual dose]]
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*[[Dose of record Hp (10)]]
  
[[Individual dose equivalent]]
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*[[Dose per content function]]
  
[[Individual dose restriction]]
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*[[Dose per unit intake coefficient]]
  
[[Individual monitoring]]
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*[[Dose rate]]
  
[[Individual-related]]
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*[[Dose rate effectiveness factor]]
  
[[Individual-related]]
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*[[Dose-length product]]
  
[[Individual-related assessment]]
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*[[Dose-threshold hypothesis]]
  
[[Informed Consent]]
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*[[Dose-rate effect]]
  
[[Ingestion exposure planning zone,  IEPZ]]
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*[[Dose-response function]]
  
[[Inhalability]]
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*[[Dose-threshold]]
  
[[Inhalation class]]
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*[[Doubling dose]]
  
[[Initial slope]]
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*DQE (see [[Detector quantum efficiency]])
  
[[Inner bremsstrahlung]]
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*DRL (see [[Diagnostic reference level]])
  
[[Institutional control]]
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*[[DRL process]]
  
[[Intermediate level waste, ILW]]
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*[[DRL quantity]]
  
[[Internal conversion electron]]
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*[[DRL value]]
  
[[Interphase death]]
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*[[DS02]]
  
[[Intervention Level]]
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*[[DS86]]
  
[[Interventional procedure]]
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=== <big><span id="E">E</span></big> ===
  
[[Investigation level]]
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*EAR (see [[Excess absolute risk]])
  
[[Iodine prophylaxis]]
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*[[Early normal tissue responses]]
  
[[Iso-effect plots]]
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*[[Edema]]
  
[[Isolation]]
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*[[Effect Dose 50 ]]
  
[[Isomeric transition decay]]
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*[[Effect modifier]]
  
[[Isomers]]
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*[[Effective charge number]]
  
[[Isotropic geometry]]
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*[[Effective dose]], E
  
[[Iteroparous]]
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*[[Effective dose equivalent]]
  
[[Itinerant (radiation) worker]]
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*[[Effective half-life]]
  
[[Justice]]
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*EI (see [[Exposure index]])
  
[[Justification]]
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*[[Electron-capture decay]]
  
[[K, Kp index]]
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*[[Electrophysiology]]
  
[[Kerma-area product (KAP)]]
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*[[Elemental dose]]
  
[[Late effect, delayed effect]]
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*ELR (i.e. Excess Lifetime Risk, see [[Lifetime risk estimates]])
  
[[Latent time/period or latency interval]]
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*[[Emergency]]
  
[[Legal person]]
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*[[Emergency exposure situation]]
  
[[Legislators]]
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*[[Emergency plan]]
  
[[Limit]]
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*[[Emergency preparedness]]
  
[[Limitation of dose]]
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*[[Emergency procedures]]
  
[[Lineal energy]]
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*[[Employer]]
  
[[Linear no-threshold  (LNT) hypothesis]]
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*[[Endogeneous excretion]]
  
[[Linear-non-threshold (LNT) model]]
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*Endosteal tissue (see [[Endosteum]])
  
[[Low Earth orbit (LEO)]]
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*[[Endosteum]]  
  
[[Low level waste, LLW]]
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*[[Environmental exposure]]
  
[[Low toxicity alpha emitter]]
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*[[Environmental radiation protection]]
  
[[Lung absorption type]]
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*[[Epigenetic effects]]
  
[[Lymphatic system]]
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*[[Epithelium]]
  
[[Macrophage colony stimulating factor]]
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*[[Equieffective dose]]
  
[[Magnetosphere]]
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*[[Equilibrium equivalent concentration]]
  
[[Medical exposure]]
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*[[Equilibrium factor]]
 
[[Medical intervention]]
 
  
[[Member of the public]]
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*[[Equity]]
  
[[Mendelian diseases]]
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*[[Equivalent dose]]
  
[[Minimum significant activity (MSA)]]
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*ERR (see [[Excess relative risk]])
  
[[Mitigation]]
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*[[Erythropoietin]]
  
[[Monitoring]]
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*[[Ethics]]
  
[[Multistage tumorigenesis]]
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*[[Evacuation]]
  
[[Myocardial perfusion]]
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*[[Excess absolute risk]]
  
[[Nasal Augmenter]]
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*Excess lifetime risk (see [[Lifetime risk estimates]])
  
[[Natural background]]
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*[[Excess relative risk]]
  
[[Natural environment]]
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*[[Excretion rate (instantaneous)]]
  
[[Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM)]]
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*[[Exclusion]]
  
[[Necrosis]]
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*[[Exempt waste]]
  
[[Neurological syndrome]]
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*[[Exemption level]]
  
[[Neurovascular syndrome]]
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*[[Existing exposure situation]]
  
[[Non-maleficence]]
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*[[Exogenous excretion]]
  
[[Non-sphericity parameter (η)]]
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*[[Expanded and aligned radiation field]]
  
[[Nuclear track detectors]]
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*[[Expanded radiation field]]
  
[[Nuclear transformation]]
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*[[Exponential survival curve]]
  
[[Occupational exposure]]
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*[[Exposed individuals]]
  
[[Occupationally exposed worker]]
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*[[Exposure, external or internal]]
  
[[Edema]]
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*[[Exposure (in the context of inhalation)]]
  
[[Operational intervention level, OIL]]
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*[[Exposure index]]
  
[[Operational monitoring]]
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*[[Exposure pathway]]
  
[[Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL)  dosimeters]]
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*[[Exposure situation]]
  
[[Optimisation]]
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*[[Extrathoracic airways]]
  
[[Orphan source]]
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=== <big><span id="F">F</span></big> ===
  
[[Oversight]]
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*[[Fairness]]
  
[[Particle radiance, Φ ̇Ω]]
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*[[Field-size effect (Volume effect)]]
  
[[Patient]]
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*[[Flexible tissues]]
  
[[Patient entrance reference point]]
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*[[Fluence]], Φ
  
[[Peak skin dose]]
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*[[Fluoroscopically guided interventions]]
  
[[Pelagic]]
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*[[Fluoroscopically or computed tomography guided interventions]]
  
[[Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)]]
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*[[Forbiddenness]]
  
[[Pericarditis]]
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*[[Fractional absorption in the gastrointestinal tract]], f<sub>1</sub>
  
[[Personal air sampling]]
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*[[Fractionation]]
  
[[Personal/Individual Monitoring]]
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*[[Fractionation and dose delivery patterns]]
  
[[Pharynx]]
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*[[Fractionation sensitivity]]
  
[[Planned exposure situation]]
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*[[Frequent flyer]]
  
[[Platelet-derived growth factor]]
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*FSU (see [[Functional subunits]])
  
[[Poisson distribution]]
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*[[Functional subunits]]
  
[[Potential exposure]]
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=== <big><span id="G">G</span></big> ===
  
[[Practical radiological protection culture]]
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*[[Galactic cosmic radiation]]
  
[[Precautionary principle]]
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*[[Gamma ray]]
  
[[Precautionary principle]]
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*[[Gastrointestinal syndrome]]
  
[[Prevailing circumstances]]
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*[[Gastrulation]]
  
[[Primary limit]]
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*[[Gastroschisis]]
  
[[Primordial radionuclides]]
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*[[GATA binding protein 2]]
  
[[Principle of application of dose limits]]
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*GATA-2 (see [[GATA binding protein 2]])
  
[[Principle of justification]]
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*[[Genomic integrity]]
  
[[Principle of optimisation]]
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*Geomagnetic cut-off rigidity (see [[Rigidity threshold]])
  
[[Procedural values]]
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*[[Graded approach]]
  
[[Progenitor cell]]
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*[[Graft vs host disease]]
  
[[Prognosis]]
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*[[Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor]]
  
[[Programmed cell death]]
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*[[Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor]]
  
[[Projected dose]]
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*[[Gray]] (Gy)
  
[[Prophylaxis]]
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*[[Ground-level enhancement]]
  
[[Prospective dose assessment]]
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*[[Growth factor]]
  
[[Protection strategy]]
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*[[Growth fraction]]
  
[[Protective action]]
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*[[Growth hormone (somatotropin)]]
  
[[Protective action guide, PAG]]
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=== <big><span id="H">H</span></big> ===
  
[[Protective clothing]]
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*[[Habitual mouth breather]]
  
[[Prudence]]
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*[[Habitual nose breather]]
  
[[Public exposure]]
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*[[Half-life, physical]]
  
[[Qualified expert]]
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*HATM (see [[Human Alimentary Tract Model]])
  
[[Rad]]
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*[[Hazard]]
  
[[Radiation belt]]
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*[[Health Surveillance]]
  
[[Radiation detriment]]
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*[[Heliosphere]]
  
[[Radiation dose]]
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*[[Hereditary effect]]
  
[[Radiation level]]
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*[[Hierarchical tissues]]
  
[[Radiation modifier]]
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*[[High level waste]]
  
[[Radiation protection programme]]
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*[[High linear energy transfer radiation]]
  
[[Radiation safety officer, RSO]]
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*[[Homologous recombination]]
  
[[Radiation Source]]
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*[[Hormones]]
  
[[Radiation worker]]
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*[[Hounsfield unit]]
  
[[Radioactive contamination]]
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*HRTM (see [[Human Respiratory Tract Model]])
  
[[Radioactive dispersion device (RDD)]]
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*[[Human Alimentary Tract Model]]
  
[[Radioactive source]]
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*[[Human Respiratory Tract Model]]
  
[[Radioactive substance]]
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*[[Hyperbaric oxygen]]
  
[[Radioactivity]]
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*[[Hyperfractionation]]
  
[[Radiofrequency ablation]]
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*[[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]]
  
[[Radiographer]]
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*[[Hypoplasia]]
  
[[Radiological Controlled Area]]
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=== <big><span id="I">I</span></big> ===
  
[[Radiological practice in medicine]]
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*[[ICRU 4-element tissue]]
  
[[Radiological protection principles]]
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*[[ICRU sphere]]
  
[[Radiological survey]]
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*[[Immune system]]
  
[[Radionuclides of natural origin]]
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*IMRT (see [[Intensity-modulated radiotherapy]])
  
[[Radioresponsiveness]]
+
*[[In vivo radiobioassay]]
  
[[Radiosensitiser]]
+
*[[Incidence]]
  
[[Radiosensitivity, cellular]]
+
*Incidence rate (see [[Incidence]])
  
[[Radon]]
+
*[[Incident]]
  
[[Random error]]
+
*[[Inclusiveness]]
  
[[Reasonableness]]
+
*[[Individual decontamination]]
  
[[Recording level]]
+
*[[Individual monitoring]]
  
[[Recovery]]
+
*[[Individual-related]]
  
[[Recovery responder]]
+
*[[Induced genomic instability]]
  
[[Red (bone) marrow]]
+
*[[Informed consent]]
  
[[Reference level]]
+
*[[Inhalability]]
  
[[Reference Man]]
+
*[[Inner bremsstrahlung]]
  
[[Regulation]]
+
*[[Institutional control]]
  
[[Regulator]]
+
*[[Intervention]]
  
[[Rehabilitation]]
+
*[[Intensity-modulated radiotherapy]]
  
[[Rehabilitation of living conditions]]
+
*[[Intake]]
  
[[Relocation]]
+
*[[Intermediate level waste]]
  
[[Rem]]
+
*[[Internal conversion electron]]
  
[[Remedial action]]
+
*[[Interphase death]]
  
[[Remediation]]
+
*[[Intervention Level]]
  
[[Repopulation]]
+
*[[Interventional procedure]]
  
[[Representative organism (non-human biota)]]
+
*[[Investigation level]]
  
[[Representative person]]
+
*[[Iso-effect plots]]
  
[[Reproductive integrity]]
+
*[[Isomers]]
  
[[Residual dose]]
+
*[[Isotropic geometry]]
  
[[Respiratory protection]]
+
*[[Itinerant (radiation) worker]]
  
[[Retention function]]
+
=== <big><span id="J">J</span></big> ===
  
[[Retrievability]]
+
*[[Justice]]
  
[[Retrospective dose assessment]]
+
*[[Justification]]
  
[[Reversibility]]
+
=== <big><span id="K">K</span></big> ===
  
[[Right to know]]
+
*[[Kerma]], K
  
[[Rigidity threshold]]
+
*[[Kerma approximation]]
  
[[Rigidity, R]]
+
*[[Kp index]]
  
[[Risk constraint]]
+
=== <big><span id="L">L</span></big> ===
  
[[Roentgen, R]]
+
*[[Lag]]
  
[[Routine monitoring]]
+
*[[Late normal tissue responses]]
  
[[Safety analysis]]
+
*[[Latent time/period or latency interval]]
  
[[Safety case]]
+
*[[LD 50/30|LD<sub>50/30</sub>]]
  
[[Safety culture]]
+
*LET (see [[Linear energy transfer]])
  
[[Scintigraphy]]
+
*[[Licensee]]
  
[[Self-help protection]]
+
*[[Life Span Study]]
  
[[Semelparous]]
+
*[[Lifetime risk]]
  
[[Senescence]]
+
*[[Lifetime risk estimates]]
  
[[Sensitivity analysis]]
+
*[[Limitation of dose]]
  
[[Slow repair]]
+
*[[Lineal energy]]
  
[[Soft tissue]]
+
*[[Linear dose response]]
  
[[Solar cosmic radiation]]
+
*[[Linear energy transfer]]
  
[[Solar cycle]]
+
*[[Linear-non-threshold model]]
  
[[Solar particle event]]
+
*[[Linear-quadratic dose response model]]
  
[[Solar wind]]
+
*LLE (see [[Lifetime risk estimates]])
  
[[Source monitoring]]
+
*[[Local DRL]]
  
[[Source term]]
+
*Loss of Life Expectancy (see [[Lifetime risk estimates]])
  
[[Source-related]]
+
*[[Low Earth orbit]]
  
[[South Atlantic anomaly]]  
+
*[[Low dose]]
  
[[Special (non-routine) monitoring]]
+
*[[Low dose rate]]
  
[[Species]]
+
*[[Low level waste]]
  
[[Specific activity]]
+
*[[Low linear energy transfer radiation]]
  
[[Spontaneous fission]]
+
*LSS (see [[Life Span Study]])
  
[[Stakeholder]]
+
*[[Lymphatic system]]
  
[[Stenosis]]
+
=== <big><span id="M">M</span></big> ===
  
[[Storage]]
+
*[[Macrophage colony stimulating factor]]
  
[[Stress test]]
+
*[[Magnetosphere]]
  
[[Stroke]]
+
*[[Marrow cellularity]]
  
[[Subcutaneous tissue]]
+
*[[Mass median diameter]]
  
[[Substantial radiation dose level (SRDL)]]
+
*MDCT (see [[Multi-detector computed tomography]])
  
[[Supervised Area]]
+
*[[Mean glandular dose]]
  
[[Syndrome]]
+
*[[Measured quantity]]
  
[[System of radiological protection]]
+
*[[Medical exposure]]
  
[[Systemic model]]
+
*[[Member of the public]]
  
[[Tachycardia]]
+
*[[Mendelian diseases]]
  
[[Target cell]]
+
*[[Mitigation]]
  
[[Target tissue (T)]]
+
*MMD (see [[Mass median diameter]])
  
[[Task-related monitoring]]
+
*[[Molecular imaging]]
  
[[Telangiectasia]]
+
*[[Multifactorial diseases]]
  
[[Thermodynamic diameter]]
+
*[[Multiplicative risk projection model]]
  
[[Thermoluminescence detector]]  
+
*[[Multistage carcinogenesis model]]
  
[[Thoron]]
+
*[[Multistage tumorigenesis]]
  
[[Threshold dose for tissue reactions]]
+
*[[Multitarget equation]]
  
[[Thyroid blocking]]
+
*[[Multi-detector computed tomography]]
  
[[Time factor]]
+
*[[Mutation component]]
  
[[Tissue equivalent material]]
+
*[[Myocardial perfusion]]
  
[[Tissue-rescuing unit]]
+
*[[Myocardial stress test]]
  
[[Tolerability]]
+
=== <big><span id="N">N</span></big> ===
  
[[Total dose]]
+
*[[National radon survey]]
  
[[Trabecular (bone) marrow]]
+
*[[National DRL]]
  
[[Track structure]]
+
*[[Naturally occurring radioactive material]]
  
[[Transfer coefficient]]
+
*[[Necrosis]]
  
[[Transfer compartment]]
+
*[[Neurological syndrome]]
  
[[Transforming growth factor (TGF)]]
+
*[[Neurovascular syndrome]]
  
[[Transit cells]]
+
*NHEJ (see [[Non-homologous end joining]])
  
[[Transition]]
+
*[[Noise]] (in imaging)
  
[[Transparency]]
+
*[[Nominal value]]
  
[[Trapped particles]]
+
*[[Nominal risk coefficient]]
  
[[Type F materials]]
+
*[[Non-homologous end joining]]
  
[[Type M materials]]
+
*[[Non-maleficence]]
  
[[Type of exposure situations]]
+
*[[Non-sphericity parameter]]
  
[[Type S materials]]
+
*[[Non-targeted effects]]
  
[[Type V materials]]
+
*[[Normal tissue complication probability]]
  
[[Unsealed source]]
+
*[[Notification value]] (in CT)
  
[[Utilitarian ethics]]
+
*[[Nuclear medicine]]
  
[[Value judgement]]
+
*[[Nuclear track detectors]]
  
[[Valvular heart disease]]
+
=== <big><span id="O">O</span></big> ===
  
[[Virtue ethics]]
+
*OAR (see [[Organ at risk]])
  
[[Volume effect]]
+
*[[Occupancy factor]]
  
[[Waste disposal]]
+
*[[Occupational exposure]]
  
[[Weighted CTDI]]
+
*OEA (see [[Oxygen enhancement ratio]])
  
[[Whole body counter, WBC]]
+
*[[OLINDA/EXM]]
  
[[Wisdom]]
+
*[[Oncogene]]
  
[[Workers' health surveillance]]
+
*[[Operating management]]
  
[[X ray]]
+
*[[Operational quantity]]
  
[[Xerostomia]]
+
*[[Optimisation]]
  
[[Yellow (bone) marrow]]
+
*[[Optimisation of protection]]
 +
 
 +
*Organ absorbed dose (see [[Organ/tissue absorbed dose]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Organ at risk]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Organ dose equivalent]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Organ/tissue absorbed dose]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Other (systemic) tissues]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Orphan source]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Oversight]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Oxygen enhancement ratio]]
 +
 
 +
=== <big><span id="P">P</span></big> ===
 +
 
 +
*Particle fluence (see [[Fluence]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Particle transport]] (in biokinetics)
 +
 
 +
*[[Particle radiance]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Patient entrance reference point]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Peak skin dose]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Pelagic]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Pencil beam]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Percutaneous coronary intervention]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Pericarditis]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Personal dose equivalent]], H<sub>p</sub>(d)
 +
 
 +
*[[Phantom]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Pharynx]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Pilomatricoma]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Planned exposure situation]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Platelet-derived growth factor]]
 +
 
 +
*PLDR (see [[Potentially lethal damage repair]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Pooled analysis]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Population risk]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Potential alpha energy concentration]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Potential exposure]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Potential recoverability correction factor]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Potentially lethal damage repair]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Practical radiological protection culture]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Practice]]
 +
 
 +
*PRCF (see [[Potential recoverability correction factor]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Prevailing circumstances]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Principle of application of dose limits]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Principle of justification]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Principle of optimisation]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Principles of protection]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Procedural values]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Progenitor cell]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Programmed cell death]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Projected dose]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Protection quantities]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Protection strategy]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Protective action]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Protective action guide]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Prudence]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Public exposure]]
 +
 
 +
=== <big><span id="Q">Q</span></big> ===
 +
 
 +
*[[Qualified expert]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Quality control testing]] (x-ray equipment)
 +
 
 +
*[[Quality factor]], Q(L)
 +
 
 +
*[[Quasi-threshold dose]]
 +
 
 +
=== <big><span id="R">R</span></big> ===
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiation belt]]
 +
 
 +
*Radiation detriment (see [[Detriment]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiation modifier]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiation risk]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiation safety officer]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiation source]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiation weighting factor]], w<sub>R</sub>
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiation-induced second cancer]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiation-induced secondary malignancy]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiation worker]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radioactive dispersion device]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radioactive source]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radioactive substance]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radioactive waste]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radioactivity]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiofrequency ablation]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiographer]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiological attack]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiological controlled area]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiological protection principles]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radionuclides of natural origin]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radioresponsiveness]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiosensitiser]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radiosensitivity, cellular]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radon progeny]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Radon-prone area]]
 +
 
 +
*RAP (see [[Reference Animal and Plant]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Ras]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Rb]]
 +
 
 +
*RBE (see [[Relative biological effectiveness]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Reactive oxygen species]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Reasonableness]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Recovery]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Recovery responder]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Recovery (cellular or tissue)]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Redox]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Reference air kerma]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Reference Animal and Plant]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Reference bioassay function]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Reference biokinetic model]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Referrer]]
 +
 
 +
*Reference female (see [[Reference Person]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Reference individual]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Reference level]]
 +
 
 +
*Reference male (see [[Reference Person]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Reference parameter value]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Reference Person]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Reference phantom]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Reference value]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Reference worker]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Region]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Regional diagnostic reference levels]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Registry]]
 +
 
 +
*REID (see [[Lifetime risk estimates]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Rigidity threshold]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Rehabilitation of living conditions]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Relative biological effectiveness]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Relative life lost]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Relative risk]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Relative survival]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Relocation]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Remedial action]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Remediation]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Repopulation]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Representative organism (non-human biota)]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Representative person]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Reproductive integrity]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Residual dose]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Respiratory protection]]
 +
 
 +
*Response function (see [[Dose-response function]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Retrievability]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Reversibility]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Right to know]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Rigidity threshold]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Rigidity]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Ring chromosome]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Risk]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Risk coefficient]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Risk model]]
 +
 
 +
*RISM (see [[Radiation-induced secondary malignancy]])
 +
 
 +
*Risk of exposure-induced death (see (see [[Lifetime risk estimates]])
 +
 
 +
*ROS (see [[Reactive oxygen species]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Routine monitoring]]
 +
 
 +
*RR (see [[Relative risk]])
 +
 
 +
=== <big><span id="S">S</span></big> ===
 +
 
 +
*[[S coefficient (radiation weighted)]]
 +
 
 +
*SAF (see [[Specific absorbed fraction]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Safety case]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Safety]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Safety culture]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Scintigraphy]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Sealed source]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Secondary radiation]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Secretory cells]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Security]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Security screening]]
 +
 
 +
*SEE (see [[Specific effective energy]]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Self-help protection]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Senescence]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Severe deterministic injury]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Sheltering]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Shielding]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Sievert]] (Sv)
 +
 
 +
*[[Size-specific dose estimate]]
 +
 
 +
*SLDR (see [[Sublethal damage repair]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Slice]] (in CT & CBCT)
 +
 
 +
*[[Slow repair]]
 +
 
 +
*SOBP (see [[Spread-out Bragg peak]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Solar cosmic radiation]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Solar cycle]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Solar flare]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Solar particle event]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Solar wind]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Somatic effect]]
 +
 
 +
*Source (see [[Radiation source]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Source region]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Source term]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Source-related]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Source-related assessment]]
 +
 
 +
*[[South Atlantic anomaly]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Special (non-routine) monitoring]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Specific absorbed fraction]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Specific effective energy]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Spongiosa]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Spontaneous fission]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Spread-out Bragg peak]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Stakeholder]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Standard-size adult]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Stem cell]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Stenosis]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Stochastic effect]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Storage]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Subcutaneous tissue]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Sublethal damage repair]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Substantial radiation dose level]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Superposition principle]] (in dosimetry)
 +
 
 +
*[[Supervised area]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Surface contamination]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Systemic model]]
 +
 
 +
=== <big><span id="T">T</span></big> ===
 +
 
 +
*[[Tachycardia]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Target region]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Target tissue]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Targeted effects]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Telangiectasia]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Teratocarcinoma]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Thermodynamic diameter]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Thoracic airways]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Threshold dose for tissue reactions]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Threshold level]]
 +
 
 +
*Tissue absorbed dose (see [[Organ/tissue absorbed dose]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Thoron progeny]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Thyroid blocking]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Time factor]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Time-resolved computed tomography]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Tissue equivalent material]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Tissue reaction]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Tissue weighting factor]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Tolerability]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Tolerance dose]] (in Radiotherapy)
 +
 
 +
*[[Track structure]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Transfer compartment]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Transfer of risk]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Transfer rate]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Transforming growth factor]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Transgenerational effect]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Translocation]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Transmission detection system]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Transparency]]
 +
 
 +
*Transport of risk (see [[Transfer of risk]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Tumour suppressor gene]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Trapped particles]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Treatment preparation in radiotherapy]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Trophic level]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Types of materials]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Typical value]] (for DRL)
 +
 
 +
=== <big><span id="U">U</span></big> ===
 +
 
 +
*[[Unattached fraction]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Unsealed source]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Upper reference levels]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Uptake]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Utilitarian ethics]]
 +
 
 +
=== <big><span id="V">V</span></big> ===
 +
 
 +
*[[Value judgement]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Valvular heart disease]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Virtue ethics]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Voxel phantom]]
 +
 
 +
=== <big><span id="W">W</span></big> ===
 +
 
 +
*[[Waste disposal]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Waste management]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Wisdom]]
 +
 
 +
*WL (see [[Working level]])
 +
 
 +
*WLM (see [[Working level month]])
 +
 
 +
*[[Worker]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Working level]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Working level month]]
 +
 
 +
*w<sub>T</sub> (see [[Tissue weighting factor]])
 +
 
 +
*w<sub>R</sub> (see [[Radiation weighting factor]])
 +
 
 +
=== <big><span id="X">X</span></big> ===
 +
 
 +
*[[X ray]]
 +
 
 +
*[[Xerostomia]]
 +
 
 +
=== <big><span id="Y">Y</span></big> ===
 +
 
 +
=== <big><span id="Z">Z</span></big> ===
 +
 
 +
=== <big><span id="ZZ">...</span></big> ===
 +
 
 +
*[[α/β value]]
 +
 
 +
*α/β ratio (see [[α/β value]])
 +
 
 +
*[[γH2AX foci]]
 +
 
 +
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