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Term: relative biological effectiveness (of radiation) (abbreviation: RBE)
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Definition: the ratio of the absorbed dose of a reference radiation to the absorbed dose of the radiation of interest, generally X-ray or gamma ray, that produces the same level of biological effect

NOTE – The term should only be used in radiobiology.


Publication date:1983-01
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