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