title: Valuing the man-sievert in X-ray diagnosis.
abstract: New advice from the National Radiological Protection Board gives a range of monetary values for the unit collective dose, depending in part on the annual individual dose. In this paper the special factors in medical radiodiagnosis are described and a valuation for the man-sievert in this field is suggested. The harm to children from ionising radiation may be appreciably larger than in adults, and a different value for children and in obstetrics is suggested.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005796:Genes / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000191:economics*; D011859:Radiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012306:Risk; D006113:United Kingdom