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Comments on radiation dosimetry and linear energy transfer
1Institute of Radiation Biology, University of Zurich.
Sozial- Und Praventivmedizin
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The quantification of the physical effects of ionizing radiation in human tissue is the basis of risk assessment. This quantification results from determination of kerma or absorbed dose. The procedure for the absolute determination of absorbed dose with an ionization chamber is discussed. The biological effects of ionizing radiation are dependent, not only on the absorbed dose but also on a second physical parameter, the linear energy transfer.