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Title: Exposure (Radiation)
Post by: Rennhack on Nov 23, 2005, 03:50

Being exposed to ionizing radiation or to radioactive material.
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Title: Re: Exposure (Radiation)
Post by: Rennhack on Nov 28, 2005, 10:45

A term relating to the amount of ionizing radiation that strikes a living or inanimate material. (This is a general definition. In health physics, exposure is specifically defined as a measure of ionization in air caused by x-ray or gamma radiation only.)

http://www.epa.gov/radiation/understand/pathways.htm