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Plutonium Biokinetics in Human Body A. Luciani - Kit-Bibliothek - FZK

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present. As the radiation weight<strong>in</strong>g factors are dimensionless, the SI unit for the equivalent dose is<br />

still J kg -1 , as the absorbed dose. The special name for this quantity is “sievert” (Sv).<br />

The probability of occurr<strong>in</strong>g stochastic effects relat<strong>in</strong>g to the absorption of a certa<strong>in</strong><br />

equivalent dose is however depend<strong>in</strong>g on the specific irradiated organ or tissue as well. Therefore<br />

the equivalent dose is corrected <strong>in</strong> order to obta<strong>in</strong> a quantity better correlated to the probability of<br />

stochastic effects. The factor by which the equivalent dose absorbed by an organ or a tissue T is<br />

weighted is called tissue weight<strong>in</strong>g factor, w T, and the result<strong>in</strong>g quantity is called effective dose, E,<br />

expressed as follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />

The effective dose can be easily expressed <strong>in</strong> terms of absorbed dose:<br />

157<br />

equation A.4<br />

equation A.5<br />

As the tissue weight<strong>in</strong>g factors are dimensionless, the SI unit for the effective dose is still J<br />

kg -1 , as the absorbed dose and its special name is still sievert (Sv).<br />

The values of the tissue weight<strong>in</strong>g factors represents the proportion of the detriment from<br />

stochastic effects result<strong>in</strong>g from tissues to the total detriment from stochastic effects when the body<br />

is irradiated uniformly. The tissue weight<strong>in</strong>g factors recommended by ICRP are given <strong>in</strong> Table A.2.<br />

Table A.2 Tissue weight<strong>in</strong>g factors.<br />

E = ∑wT<br />

HT T<br />

∑ = ∑wT<br />

T R<br />

E = w T H T<br />

T<br />

∑<br />

w R D T , R<br />

Tissue or organs Tissue weight<strong>in</strong>g factor, w T<br />

Gonads 0.20<br />

Bone marrow 0.12<br />

Colon 0.12<br />

Lung 0.12<br />

Stomach 0.12<br />

Bladder 0.05<br />

Breast 0.05<br />

Liver 0.05<br />

Oesophagus 0.05<br />

Thyroid 0.05<br />

Bone surface 0.01<br />

Sk<strong>in</strong> 0.01<br />

Rema<strong>in</strong>der 0.05

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