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While taking full advantage of the benefits of radiation sources—for both society and economic—its responsible use means that it is based upon strictly regulations and a set of measures to avoid the occurrence of harmful tissue reactions (deterministic effects) and keep the likelihood of exposures, the number of people exposed, and the magnitude of individual doses as low as reasonably achievable; including dose constraints and reference levels.
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A person whose habits (food consumption, breathing rate, location, usage of local resources) are typical of a small number of individuals representative of those most highly exposed in a given scenario.
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Domenech, H. (2017). Exposure Situations. In: Radiation Safety. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42671-6_8
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