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  • Radiation and the Worker

    This next section will discuss the relationship between exposure (dose) and response as well as describe various effects of ionizing radiation.

    Paracelsus (16 th Century): "It's the dose that makes the poison"

    Learning Objectives

    1. Understand biological responses to radiation exposures.
    2. Review legislative limits to ionizing radiation exposure
    3. What is you expoed dose from devices using radioisotopes.