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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: quality factor
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Symbol: Q
Definition: a weighting factor for absorbed dose to allow for the effect on health detriment of the radiation quality

NOTE – Quality factor is specified by I.C.R.P. as a function of the linear collision stopping power in water.


Publication date:1983-01
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