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Acute Exposure
. It can be an
exposure
that occurs once in your lifetime. This might be that one foot
x
ray
you had
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Skin Contamination
long enough. Some
x
- and gamma-
ray
emitters can also deliver a skin radiation
dose
but, additionally
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Basics
be exposed to radiation during diagnostic or
therapeutic
procedures when a pregnant woman has
x
rays
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Types of Radiation
a chest
x
ray
, or nuclear power plants. In the broad category of radiation, the broad definition includes
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Personal Radiation Monitor
of radiation to which someone has been exposed, usually in an occupational setting (e.g., an
x
-
ray
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Ionizing Radiation
. This is the radiation of chest
x
rays
or nuclear power plant fuel. We take advantage of the properties of ionizing
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Radiation Exposure
an arm
x
ray
and it shows that no bones are broken? Or is that a good thing because now you know
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External Exposure
an
x
-
ray
machine, or it can be from radioactive materials in a container. The
exposure
occurs when
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Myths
and it is “suspected” or “assumed” to be from the person using a cell phone, receiving a chest
x
ray
, or living
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Glossary
x
rays
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