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sievert
SI derived unit of dose equivalent (the mean specific energy imparted to an element of matter corrected by a quality factor and a modifying factor to take into account the properties of irradiated matter) equal to one joule per kilogram and admitted for reasons of safeguarding human health.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 957 (Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)) on page 992
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/S05658.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/S05658.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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