Re: Abbreviations

[Alan Watts <wattsa@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>]

You are correct . . . rem stands for radiation equivalent in man, NOT Roentgen equivalent man.

Alan Watts 
RSO
Ohio University
wattsa@ohiou.edu

>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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