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Alara Principle

The ALARA Principle is a foundational radiation safety guideline that belongs to the category of regulatory and operational optimization strategies, distinguished by its requirement to maintain radiation exposures and releases of radioactive materials as low as reasonably achievable, taking into account technological, economic, and societal factors.

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ALARA and an integrated approach to radiation protection

William R. Hendee, F. Marc Edwards · Seminars in Nuclear Medicine · 1986 · 164 citations

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The “As Low As Reasonably Achievable” (ALARA) principle: a brief historical overview and a bibliometric analysis of the most cited publications

Andy Wai Kan Yeung · Radioprotection · 2019 · 162 citations

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Slowing the Increase in the Population Dose Resulting from CT Scans

David J. Brenner · Radiation Research · 2010 · 132 citations

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ALARP—What does it really mean?

Michael Jones‐Lee, Terje Aven · Reliability Engineering & System Safety · 2011 · 120 citations

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Clinical application of ‘Justification’ and ‘Optimization’ principle of ALARA in pediatric CT imaging: “How many children can be protected from unnecessary radiation?”

Kushaljit Singh Sodhi, Satheesh Krishna, Akshay Kumar Saxena et al. · European Journal of Radiology · 2015 · 99 citations

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Authors

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  1. KJ
    Keith J. Strauss

    Boston Children's Hospital, United States

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  2. JC
    John Croft

    International Commission on Radiological Protection, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  3. SC
    Sue C. Kaste

    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  4. PA
    Peter A Bryant

    University of Surrey, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  5. SM
    Sara Martin

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    239 citations

  2. EDF Energy (United Kingdom)

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    29 citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    164 citations

  5. University of Stavanger

    Stavanger, Norway

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    261 citations

  6. UCLouvain

    Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  7. Stavanger University Hospital

    Stavanger, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  8. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

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  1. Journal of Radiological Protection

    3 publications · 47 citations

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  2. Reliability Engineering & System Safety

    3 publications · 196 citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 3 publications · 43 citations

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  4. Health Physics

    3 publications · 136 citations

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  5. Radioprotection

    2 publications · 172 citations

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