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Dictionary definition: roentgen equivalent mammal
A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units;      247 words ...roentgen equivalent mammal, roentgen equivalent man See rem .

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Article: Smaller Cancer Risk for X-Ray Techs
AP Online;  June 18, 2002 ;     451 words ... ... steadily reduced over the years and was set in 1958 at five REMs a year. A REM, for roentgen equivalent man, is a measure of absorbed ionizing radiation doses. The high risks of breast cancer mortality for women exposed to occupational radiation ...

Article: Prediction of myelotoxicity using radiation doses ...
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... radioimmunotherapy (RIT). Although radiation doses to marrow estimated from tracer doses ... peripheral blood cell counts. Methods: Radiation doses to marrow from three sources, body ... samples. The individual and sum of radiation doses from penetrating radiations in the ...

Transcript: NRC PROPOSES $19,200 FINE AGAINST A SOUTH BEND, IND., HOSPITAL ...
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  September 26, 2005 ;     568 words ... ... South Bend, Ind., for unintended radiation doses to several patients undergoing radiation ... treatment, resulting in the unintended radiation doses to the skin of each patient's leg ... size for the treatment device. The radiation doses resulted in injury to a small area ...

Transcript: NRC TO MEET JULY 27 WITH SOUTH BEND, IND., HOSPITAL TO DISCUSS ...
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  July 20, 2005 ;     665 words ... ... requirements associated with unintended radiation doses to five patients during treatments ... treatment, resulting in the unintended radiation doses to the skin of each patient's leg ... requirements associated with the unintended radiation doses. "This meeting will allow the hospital ...

Article: RADIATION DOSES 20 TIMES TOO HIGH AT PLANT
United Press International;  January 11, 2001 ;     372 words ... ... Press International 01-11-2001 Radiation doses 20 times too high at plant PADUCAH ... Diffusion Plant annually received radiation doses up to 20 times higher than the limit ... 1952 and 1985 may have received high radiation doses with 10 percent at risk for overexposure ...