Title: dose
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - dose
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.D01839
Status: current

Definition
A general term denoting the quantity of radiation or energy absorbed. For special purposes, it must be appropriately qualified e.g. absorbed, maximum permissible, mean lethal.

Related Term
- radiation: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/R05048

Source
- PAC, 1982, 54, 1533. 'Glossary of terms used in nuclear analytical chemistry (Provisional)' on page 1540 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198254081533)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/D01839/xml

Citation: Citation: 'dose' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.D01839
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