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Like radiotherapy, radiation safety is also based on radiobiology but focuses more on the practical application of radiobiology in any environment with radioactive material. Any medical center or institution that uses radioactive material will have a radiation safety program led by a radiation safety officer (RSO).
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Amestoy, W. (2015). Radiation Safety. In: Review of Medical Dosimetry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13626-4_7
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