Organ Dose Weighting Factors Organ or tissue WT Gonads 0.25 Breast 0.15 Red bone marrow 0.12 Lung 0.12 Thyroid 0.03 Bone surfaces 0.03 Remainder 10.30 Whole Body 2
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1 0.30 results from 0.06 for each of five "remainder" organs, excluding the skin and the lens of the eye, that receive the highest doses. 2 For the purpose of weighting the external whole body dose (for adding it to the internal dose), a single weighting factor, WT=1.0, should be used.
7 AAC 18.220
Authority:AS 18.60.475
AS 18.60.485