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as defined in Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety…, Article 4, point (25) (Definitions)

the sum of the weighted equivalent doses in all the tissues and organs of the body from internal and external exposure. It is defined by the expression: where DT,R is the absorbed dose averaged over tissue or organ T, due to radiation R, wR is the radiation weighting factor and wT is the tissue weighting factor for tissue or organ T. The values for wT and wR are specified in Annex II. The unit for effective dose is the sievert (Sv)

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