Radiation in everyday life
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https://doi.org/10.51481/amc.v41i2.504Keywords:
radiación, dosis, radiación natural, uranio, BERTAbstract
The medical community benefits on a daily basis from the ionizing radiations used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The doses received in the medical field are only a small fraction of the total radiation received in a year. This bibliographic review has several objectives. The first one is to present the different components of natural radiation (background radiation). Secondly, it Will introduce many consumer products that contain radioactive sources and expose our bodies. Third, arguments to diminish the radiation phobia Will be presented and finally an easy to understand dosimetric magnitude Will be introduced for the physician, the technologist and the patient.
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