Effective Dose 3
Effective Dose 3 : Radiation and Radiological Disasters. "The effective dose is a quantity developed by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (1991) for purposes of radiation protection. The effective dose is assumed to be related to the risk of a radiation-induced cancer or a severe hereditary effect. It takes into account (1) the absorbed doses that will be delivered to the separate organs or tissues of the body during the lifetime of an individual due to intakes of radioactive materials, (2) the absorbed doses due to irradiation by external sources, (3) the relative effectiveness of different radiation types in inducing cancers or severe hereditary effects, (4) the susceptibility of individual organs to develop a radiation-related cancer or severe hereditary effect, (5) considerations of the relative importance of fatal and nonfatal effects, and (6) the average years of life lost from a fatal health effect". (Health Physics Society, Guidance for Protective Actions Following a Radiological Terrorist Event, 2004, p. 4)
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