Examples of sievert in the following topics:
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Measuring Radiation Exposure
- Dose is reported in gray (Gy) for matter or sieverts (Sv) for biological tissue, where 1 Gy or 1 Sv is equal to 1 joule per kilogram.
- Define the terms used to define radiation exposure, the gray (Gy) and sievert (Sv)
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Increased Cancer Risk from Radiation
- The most widely accepted model posits that the incidence of cancer due to ionizing radiation increases linearly with effective radiation dose at a rate of 5.5 percent per sievert.