Re: Weighting Factor for Hot Particle Skin Doses

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>]

On 24 Jan 2003 at 11:09, Carol Marcus wrote:



> As the permissible limit for whole body radiation absorbed dose is 5 rem, I 

> assumed that if the skin of the head was irradiated, the 5 rem limit would 

> apply, not the 50 rem limit.  Or, is it 50 rem shallow dose and 5 rem deep 

> dose? Or something else?



Hi Carol,



The SDE whoile body and the SDE- Max Extremity are each allowed to 

receive 50 rem, depth dose measurement at .007 cm/mg^2. The 5 rem 

only pertains to the Deep Dose Equivalent, depth dose measurement at 

1 cm/mg^2.



Regards,



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