Cumulative dose
Cumulative dose is the total dose resulting from repeated exposures of ionizing radiation to an occupationally exposed worker to the same portion of the body, or to the whole body, over a period of time.
In medicine, the total amount of a drug or radiation given to a patient over time; for example, the total dose of radiation given in a series of radiation treatments.
See also
- Radioactivity
- Radiation poisoning
- Collective dose
- Committed dose equivalent
- Committed effective dose equivalent
References
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