effective dose
as defined in Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE laying down basic safety standards for…, Article 4, point (76)
the sum of the weighted equivalent doses in all the tissues and organs of the body from internal and external irradiation. It is defined by the expression: [pic] 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 appropriate wT and wR values are specified in Publication 103 of the International Commission on Radiological Protection. The unit for effective dose is the sievert
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Also defined in
- Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the… 32013L0059, Article 4, point (25)
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…