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- lethal dose, LD50 (abbreviation for "lethal dose, 50%"), LC50 (lethal concentration, 50%) or LCt50 is a toxic unit that measures the lethal dose of a...58 KB (4,274 words) - 17:04, 24 August 2024
equivalent dose (BED) is an informal unit of measurement of ionizing radiation exposure, intended as a general educational example to compare a dose of radioactivity...15 KB (1,723 words) - 08:09, 13 June 2024- In toxicology, the lethal dose (LD) is an indication of the lethal toxicity of a given substance or type of radiation. Because resistance varies from one...14 KB (1,684 words) - 04:52, 26 June 2024
to 100 grays per hour, delivering a 50/50 lethal dose of radiation (4.5 grays). Since that time, the radiation intensity has declined significantly, and...9 KB (1,056 words) - 08:09, 21 August 2024- summation of organ doses due to varying levels and types of radiation, both internal and external, to produce an overall calculated effective dose. The SI...15 KB (2,049 words) - 12:08, 11 March 2024
dose of greater than 0.7 Gy (70 rad), that generally occurs from a source outside the body, delivered within a few minutes. Sources of such radiation...65 KB (6,781 words) - 21:04, 25 August 2024- Therapeutic index (redirect from Therapeutic dose)levels. In the early days of pharmaceutical toxicology, TI was frequently determined in animals as lethal dose of a drug for 50% of the population (LD50)...25 KB (3,269 words) - 04:21, 12 August 2024
- uncertainty of them happening, conventionally indicated by the unit sievert. Fundamental to radiation protection is the avoidance or reduction of dose using...49 KB (5,947 words) - 05:14, 14 August 2024
Dosimetry (redirect from Radiation Monitoring Equipment)incidents. The public dose take-up is measured and calculated from a variety of indicators such as ambient measurements of gamma radiation, radioactive particulate...22 KB (2,648 words) - 02:57, 12 August 2024
Sievert (category Units of radiation dose)effects of radiation. The sievert is used for radiation dose quantities such as equivalent dose and effective dose, which represent the risk of external...68 KB (6,574 words) - 10:39, 25 August 2024- Gray (unit) (redirect from Gray (radiation))unit of ionizing radiation dose in the International System of Units (SI), defined as the absorption of one joule of radiation energy per kilogram of matter...18 KB (2,258 words) - 16:10, 6 July 2024
Mykola Tytenok (category Deaths by acute radiation syndrome)received a lethal dose of radiation whilst firefighting and was hospitalized in Moscow Hospital No.6, and died 20 days later from radiation sickness. Titenok...10 KB (1,306 words) - 03:58, 6 August 2024- Radiobiology (redirect from Biological effects of ionizing radiation)ionizing radiation on living things, in particular health effects of radiation. Ionizing radiation is generally harmful and potentially lethal to living...30 KB (3,708 words) - 00:20, 15 August 2024
Paddy Considine (category Alumni of the University of Brighton)a worker at a Russian nuclear facility who gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In 2007, Considine landed roles in two popular big-budget films;...38 KB (2,769 words) - 11:23, 14 August 2024- Deaths due to the Chernobyl disaster (redirect from Bridge of Death (Pripyat))exposure and the vast majority of them received doses under 100 mSv, which is lower than normal background levels of radiation. It should also be noted that...67 KB (4,708 words) - 12:02, 20 August 2024
- Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have...60 KB (6,553 words) - 05:22, 3 June 2024
- unit of absorbed radiation dose, defined as 1 rad = 0.01 Gy = 0.01 J/kg. It was originally defined in CGS units in 1953 as the dose causing 100 ergs of energy...14 KB (1,515 words) - 21:52, 13 November 2023
- Individual involvement in the Chernobyl disaster (category Deaths by acute radiation syndrome)of reactor 3, where he saw the gaping hole in the roof of reactor 4 and the glowing remains of the fuel rods. He received a lethal dose of radiation and...72 KB (5,630 words) - 00:46, 16 August 2024
- effective radiation dose at a rate of 5.5% per sievert; if correct, natural background radiation is the most hazardous source of radiation to general...49 KB (6,209 words) - 20:25, 24 May 2024
the first two weeks after fertilization, radiation therapy is lethal but not teratogenic. High doses of radiation during pregnancy induce anomalies, impaired...113 KB (13,530 words) - 09:58, 25 August 2024
- high-energy radiation is no radiation’. As observed in mammals, mostly the mouse, the effects of radiation-induced mutations may be : (1) Dominant: lethals, seen
- does the future promise? The silent but deadly radiation, either directly or from fallout, in a dose of 400 rems could kill you within two weeks. Your
- cytotoxic radiation to a target cell In cancer therapy, an antibody with specificity for a tumor-associated antigen is used to deliver a lethal dose of radiation