Re: Abbreviations

[Emil <kerremba@pilot.msu.edu>]

I agree with Lorna.
I respect prof. Roentgen memory. 
But rad eqivalent makes more sense from the physics point of view 
and....if
it does make any point... in Chernobyl we were refering to rad instead
Roentgen in rem(BER). Is there any other opnions in other countries.
Emil.

kerremba@pilot.msu.edu
 
Lorna Bullerwell wrote:
> 
> I've seen a couple of posts saying that rem stands for Roentgen equivalent
> man.  I thought rem stood for rad equivalent man, thus not named after a
> person.  If it is Roentgen eqivalent man, wouldn't it only be valid for for
> x and gammas effects and for air-equivalent people?
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