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doubling dose: a standalone construct

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doublingdose1 CONSTRUCTDoubling doseSANKARANARAYANAN · RADIATION

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Radiation protection

the radiation dose needed to produce as many heritable mutations as arise spontaneously in a generation, used in estimating genetic risk.

In radiation protection, doubling dose refers to the radiation dose needed to produce as many heritable mutations as arise spontaneously in a generation, used in estimating genetic risk. This meaning comes from Sankaranarayanan (1998) in Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research.[1]

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References

  1. Sankaranarayanan, K. (1998). Ionizing radiation and genetic risks. Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research, 411(2), 129-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1383-5742(98)00012-x

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