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Descriptor English: Kerma
Descriptor Spanish: Kerma
Descriptor kerma
Scope note: Término acronímico para Kinetic Energy Released in Matter, que es la medida de la intensidad de la radiación ionizante en un lugar determinado. La dosis se expresa en grays. (Traducción libre del original: Material V-Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Descriptor Portuguese: Kerma
Descriptor French: Kerma
Tree number(s): SP4.202.660.740.413
Scope note: Acronymic term for Kinetic Energy Released in Matter, the measure of intensity of ionizing radiation at a given place. The dose is expressed in grays. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Radiation, Ionizing MeSH
DeCS ID: 35062
Unique ID: DDCS035062
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Kerma - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060923
Scope note Acronymic term for Kinetic Energy Released in Matter, the measure of intensity of ionizing radiation at a given place. The dose is expressed in grays. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Preferred term Kerma



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