Guidance: Medical radiation: patient doses
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This table gives typical effective doses, equivalent periods of natural background radiation and lifetime fatal cancer risks from diagnostic medical exposures.
1UK average = 2.1mSv per year: regional averages range from 1.5 - 7.5 mSv per year
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