Collective dose

Collective dose is a measure of the total amount of effective dose multiplied by the size of the exposed population. Collective dose is usually measured in units of person-rem or person-sieverts, or man-rem or man-sievert.

References

• European Nuclear Society Glossary
• Health Physics Society

See also

• Radioactivity
• Radiation poisoning
• Ionizing radiation
• Total effective dose equivalent
• Deep-dose equivalent
• Cumulative dose
• Committed dose equivalent
• Committed effective dose equivalent