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Non-occupational exposure comprises all the dose equivalents and intakes of radioactive nuclides incurred by people but not associated with their work. It includes natural radiation, medical exposure of patients, radiation from fallout caused by nuclear weapon tests, releases from nuclear power installations etc. The levels of exposure vary in time and place. Some part of non-occupational exposure is not controllable, e. g. cosmic radiation, radiation from the ground etc.; some is controllable, e. g. medical exposure and releases from nuclear power. Enhanced natural radiation exposure is partly controllable, e.g. enhanced radiation in houses.
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Snihs, J.O. (1985). Non-Occupational Exposure to Ionizing Radiation. In: Castellani, A. (eds) Epidemiology and Quantitation of Environmental Risk in Humans from Radiation and Other Agents. NATO ASI Series, vol 96. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9445-1_21
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