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• Roentgen equivalent man — Named after Wilhelm Röntgen (German scientist, 1845 1923), the roentgen equivalent in man (or mammal[1]) or rem (symbol rem) is a unit of radiation dose equivalent. It is the product of the absorbed dose in rads and a weighting factor, WR, which… …   Wikipedia

• Roentgen (unit) — This article is about the unit of measurement. For Röntgen radiation, see X ray. For other uses, see Roentgen. The roentgen (R, also röntgen) is a unit of measurement for exposure to ionizing radiation (such as X ray and gamma rays), and is named …   Wikipedia

• Equivalent dose — The equivalent absorbed radiation dose, usually shortened to equivalent dose, is a computed average measure of the radiation absorbed by a fixed mass of biological tissue, that attempts to account for the different biological damage potential of… …   Wikipedia

• Röntgen equivalent man — The röntgen (roentgen) equivalent in man or rem (symbol rem) is a unit of radiation dose. It is the product of the absorbed dose in röntgens (R) and the biological efficiency of the radiation. More precisely, assuming a radiation weighting factor …   Wikipedia

• rem — In radiation, Roentgen equivalent for man, a roentgen (an international unit of X or gamma radiation) adjusted for the atomic makeup of the human body. In ophthalmology, rapid eye movement. * * * 1. Acronym for rapid eye movements, under movement …   Medical dictionary

• Acute radiation syndrome — Classification and external resources A Japanese girl recovering from the effects of radiation sickness ICD 10 T …   Wikipedia

• Gray (unit) — The gray (symbol: Gy) is the SI unit of absorbed radiation dose of ionizing radiation (for example, X rays), and is defined as the absorption of one joule of ionizing radiation by one kilogram of matter (usually human tissue).[1] Named after the… …   Wikipedia

• Rad (unit) — The rad is a unit of absorbed radiation dose. The rad was first proposed in 1918 as that quantity of X rays which when absorbed will cause the destruction of the malignant mammalian cells in question... [1] It was defined in CGS units in 1953 as… …   Wikipedia

• Metric system — This article is about the metric system in general. For information about specific versions of the system, such as the International System of Units or the cgs system of units, see #Variants. For a generally accessible and less technical… …   Wikipedia

• Sievert — Pour les articles homonymes, voir SV. Le sievert (symbole: Sv) est l « unité utilisée pour donner une évaluation de l impact des rayonnements sur l homme » [1] …   Wikipédia en Français

• Radioactive waste — 2007 ISO radioactivity danger logo, designed in part for long term radioactive waste depositories which might survive into a far future time in which all knowledge of the meaning of present common radiation danger symbols and signs has been lost… …   Wikipedia