title: Stochastic variability in effective dose tissue weighting factors: a Monte Carlo study.
abstract: Tissue-weighting factors used in the calculation of the effective dose have undergone revision in the light of new data from the atomic bomb survivors. A Monte Carlo simulation was designed to evaluate the magnitude of stochastic errors in the derived factors. Results demonstrate substantial variability in the suggested factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Leslie
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000401:mortality; D009689:Nuclear Warfare; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D013534:Survival