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to administer or add a drug to

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the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time

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treat with an agent

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Position of Free Air Dose Percentage Lead Shield Average Decrease No lead shield 3.0 x [10.sup.-4] mGy 0% (baseline) Shadow shield (lead placed on crib) 2.6 x [10.sup.-4] mGy 13% Contact shield (lead placed over testes) 1.6 x [10.sup.-4] mGy 46%
Position of Free Air Dose Percentage Lead Shield Average Decrease No lead shield 3.0 x [10.sup.-4] mGy 0% (baseline) Shadow shield (lead placed on crib) 2.8 x [10.sup.-4] mGy 17% Contact shield (lead placed over testes) 1.4 x [10.sup.-4] mGy 59%
Gonadal protection methods in neonatal chest radiography
Air dose rates varied from one to 10 microsieverts ([micro]Sv) per hour, results that coincided closely with airborne monitoring of Fukushima conducted by the U.S.
Unlike heavy metals that stick around forever, radioactive elements decay, so it is hardly surprising that weekly measurements since May 2011 by the Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) have shown gradual declines in air dose rates in the 20-kilometer evacuation zone around the power plant.
Fukushima fear and fallout: pundits warn that radiation from a damaged Japanese nuclear power plant could require mass exodus from the Northern Hemisphere. Should you start packing?
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