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Radiation Exposure: Consequences, Detection, and Measurements

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Exposure to Radiation Energy: The materials existing on Earth are exposed to both natural and man-made radiation. Natural background radiation comes from three primary sources: cosmic radiation, external terrestrial radiation, and radon radiation. In addition to these radiations, there are man-made radiations that come from medical X-rays, gamma rays, nuclear medicine, (radionuclides/isotopes), and consumer products [1]. A schematic of the sources of radiation exposure that all the living and the nonliving materials are exposed to is listed below in Fig. 2.1.

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