Combined Science GCSE
Dose control
What Dose control means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Dose control
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Reference: AQA
Reducing the dose received by people or objects being irradiated by controlling time, distance and shielding.
Topics that use Dose control
- Radioactive contamination (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Irradiated object
- Irradiation
- Peer review
- Radioactive contamination
- Risk assessment and monitoring
- Time, distance and shielding
- Contamination
- Ethics of research involving humans
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