DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION

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Abstract The International Commission on Radiological Protection grew out of the International X Ray and Radium Protection Commission set up in 1928. Its Recommendations have developed from simple prescriptive rules for protecting the medical staff using x rays and radium to a complete System of Protection for all human activities that involve exposure to ionising radiation. The Commission is satisfied that some of the health effects of radiation are caused, albeit with small probabilities, by small dose...