P J Allisy-Roberts 2005 J. Radiol. Prot. 25 97 doi:10.1088/0952-4746/25/1/008
P J Allisy-Roberts
Show affiliationsInternational recommendations for changes to the SI brochure regarding the definition and use of the quantity dose equivalent are presented. The second part of this note is a simple explanation of the difference between a radiation quantity and its unit.
87.53.-j Effects of ionizing radiation on biological systems
Issue 1 (March 2005)
Received 11 May 2004, accepted for publication 14 January 2005, in final form 14 January 2005
Published 8 March 2005
P J Allisy-Roberts 2005 J. Radiol. Prot. 25 97
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