Committed equivalent dose

The quantity committed equivalent dose (H(50)) is the time integral of the equivalent dose rate received by reference man during 50 years following intake of the radioactive substance:

H(50) = ∫ Ḣ(t) dt

The corresponding unit is sievert (Sv).

Related quantities

• absorbed dose
• ambient dose equivalent
• collective effective dose
• committed effective dose
• directional dose equivalent
• effective dose
• equivalent dose
• exposure
• irradiation geometry
• kerma
• personal dose equivalent
• radiation weighting factor
• tissue weighting factor