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dose equivalent
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dose equivalent [¦dōs ə′kwiv·ə·lənt]
(nucleonics)
The product of absorbed dose, in rads, and a number of modifying factors due to nonuniform distribution of internally deposited isotopes in radiobiology; the unit is the rem.


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Thus, when biologic measures of internal OP pesticide dose are available, cumulative OP pesticide dose equivalents can be calculated for a population by converting individual OP pesticide doses to index chemical toxicity equivalent doses, using RPFs, and then summing them.
 
 
 
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