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(Adapted from [[ICRP Publication 131]], 2015)
'''Return to [[ICRP Glossary|Glossary]]'''
== Previous glossary entries ==
=== from [[ICRP Publication 131]], 2015; [[ICRP Publication 116]], 2010; and [[ICRP Publication 103]], 2007 ===
Dose quantities that the Commission has developed for radiological protection that allow quantification of the extent of exposure of the human body to ionising radiation from both whole and partial body external irradiation and from intakes of radionuclides.
=== from [[ICRP Publication 130]], 2015 ===
Dose quantities related to the human body used for setting exposure limits and in the context of optimisation. They have been developed by the Commission for radiological protection to allow quantification of the detriment to people from exposure of the human body to ionising radiation from both whole- and partial-body external irradiation and from intakes of radionuclides.