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. 2019 Nov 22;39(4):E9-E13.
doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ab3fea. Online ahead of print.

Potential health effects of low dose radiation and what it means to the practice of radiation protection

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Potential health effects of low dose radiation and what it means to the practice of radiation protection

Armin Ansari et al. J Radiol Prot. .
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Figure 1.
Relationship of radiation doses and effects. Adapted and revised from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) booklet, Radiation Effects and Sources http://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7790. The grey area represents the low dose region where routine occupational, environmental and diagnostic medical exposures occur.

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