Skin doses: assessment
Documents of the NRPB volume 8 number 3 includes information on assessing doses of radiation to the skin.
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皇冠体育app 1990 recommendations of the International Commission of Radiation Protection introduced the quantity 鈥榚ffective dose鈥� to replace 鈥榚ffective dose equivalent鈥�. 皇冠体育app recommendations also included the skin in the computation for the first time. A tissue weighting factor of 0.01 was recommended for the skin.
This document reviews the biological basis for dose limitation in the skin and recommends a practical approach to the calculation of doses for a variety of exposure situations, including those involving partial exposure. 皇冠体育app depth at which the skin dose should be evaluated is also addressed.