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| Necessary for growth & repair of tissues |
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| A subunit of sievert equal to 1/1000 of a sievert |
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Background Equivalent Radiation Time (BERT)
method for comparing the amount of radiation received from a radiologic procedure w/ natural background radiation received over a specified period such as day, week, month, or year |
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| A disease process does not have a fixed threshold |
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| The degree ti which the diagnostic study accurately reveals the presence or absence of a disease in a patient |
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| Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) |
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| Person in hospital setting expressly charged by the admin to be directly resonpsible for the executation, enforcement, and maintence of the ALARA program |
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| Damage to living tissue of animals & humans exposed to radiation |
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| SI unit of measure for the radiation quantity "absorbed dose" |
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| Creation of free radicals |
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| A consequence of ionization of human cells |
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| Produces + & - charged particles (ions) when passing through normal matter |
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| Nuclear power plant severely damaged as a result of a 9.0 mag. earthquake that triggered a tsunami in 2011 |
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| Radiation produced as a consequence of nuclear weapons testing & chemical explosions in a nuclear power plant |
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| Radiation quantity that takes into account the type of ionizing radiation that was absorbed |
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| Function as a barricade & it surrounds the cell |
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| Carry Genetic information that is needed for cell replication |
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| Reservior for long-term storage of energy |
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| Trasport medium for material the cell uses & eliminates |
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| Transports food and molecules within the cells |
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