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Chronic Radiation Effects and Radiation Protection

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Late somatic effects of ionizing radiation are classified as either stochastic or nonstochastic (from Greek stochastikos = able to hit). Stochastic effects are effects for which the probability of an effect occurring, rather than its severity, is a function of dose without threshold.1 More generally, stochastic means random in nature. In large irradiated populations even a small radiation dose may induce late effects in a small percentage of exposed individuals; the severity of the effect is dose- dependent. Nonstochastic effects occur only if a substantial threshold dose is exceeded (often several hundred cGy).

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Goldschmidt, H. (1991). Chronic Radiation Effects and Radiation Protection. In: Modern Dermatologic Radiation Therapy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9041-1_4

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