Dose Rate

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-008443

1. In exposure assessment, dose per time unit (e.g. mg/day), sometimes also called dosage.

2. Dose per unit time.

3. The amount of radiation dose delivered per unit of time.

4. Dose per unit time, for example in mg/day, sometimes also called dosage. Dose rates are often expressed on a per-unit body-weight basis, yielding units such as mg/kg/day (mg/kg-day). They are also often expressed as averages over some time period, for example a lifetime.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ENV-008443
Field	Environment
Subject	Health and safety
References	Terms of Environment; EPA 1997b; Exposure Factors Handbook: Glossary; Radiation Protection Radiation Glossary; EPA 1992

Record as JSON

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  "term": "Dose Rate",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. In exposure assessment, dose per time unit (e.g. mg/day), sometimes also called dosage.\n\n2. Dose per unit time.\n\n3. The amount of radiation dose delivered per unit of time.\n\n4. Dose per unit time, for example in mg/day, sometimes also called dosage. Dose rates are often expressed on a per-unit body-weight basis, yielding units such as mg/kg/day (mg/kg-day). They are also often expressed as averages over some time period, for example a lifetime.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment; EPA 1997b",
    "Exposure Factors Handbook: Glossary",
    "Radiation Protection Radiation Glossary",
    "EPA 1992"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/dose-rate/"
}

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