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Effective Dose Equivalent

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000144

The sum of the products of the dose equivalent to the organ or tissue (H_T) and the weighting factors (W_T) applicable to each of the body organs or tissues that are irradiated (H_E = ΣW_TH_T).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000144
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000144",
  "term": "Effective Dose Equivalent",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "The sum of the products of the dose equivalent to the organ or tissue (H_T) and the weighting factors (W_T) applicable to each of the body organs or tissues that are irradiated (H_E = ΣW_TH_T).",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/effective-dose-equivalent/"
}

Record 142 of 548 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.