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stochastic effects,

effects produced at random without a threshold dose level, the probability of their occurrence being proportional to the dose and their severity being independent of it. In radiation safety, the main stochastic effects are carcinogenesis and genetic mutation.

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No references found			It is the stochastic effects that occur at any dose level that are of concern, as they are potentially carcinogenic and can cause gene mutations in subsequent generations. A dose audit of fluoroscopy examinations at Charlotte Maxeke ... by Nyathi, T.; Pule, M.L.; Segone, P.; van der Merwe, D.G. / South African Journal of Radiology Fears regarding stochastic effects are driving the current wave of alarm regarding CT. Minimizing radiation risks with MDCT in neuroradiology by Buckingham, Cari; Strother, Megan K. / Applied Radiology For example, one can maintain that we will never be able to explain everything with scientific theories due to complexity, stochastic effects, or other factors, but that everything ultimately reduces to the laws of physics anyway. Darwin in the English Department by Fowler, Thomas B. / Modern Age			stinging nettle stingray stink fish stinking stinkpeul stinkweed stinkwood stinkwort stinky nose Stipa Stipagrostis stippled stippled epiphysis stippling stipulation stirk stirofos stirrup stirrups stitch stitch abscess stitch granuloma Stizostedion STM stochastic stochastic effects stock stock culture stock vaccine Stockard's paralysis stocker Stockholm Syndrome Stockholm tar stockinet stocking stocking & glove distribution stocking aid Stocking and Glove Distribution stocking anesthesia stocking-up stocks stockwhip stockyard stoichiology stoichiometry stoke stoker's cramp Stokes Stokes' amputation Stokes-Adams disease Stokes-Adams syndrome			Stochastic approximation Stochastic approximation Stochastic Approximation to the Hyperbolic Tangent Stochastic Automata Network stochastic automaton Stochastic Battery Discharge Stochastic Boundary Molecular Dynamics Stochastic Bounded Burstiness Stochastic Bracketing Transduction Grammar Stochastic calculus stochastic chain rule Stochastic Cold Miss Stochastic context-free grammar stochastic control theory Stochastic cooling Stochastic Data Envelopment Analysis Stochastic Decision Free Petri Nets Stochastic Delay Differential Equation Stochastic dependence Stochastic Deterministic Finite Automata Stochastic differential Stochastic differential equation Stochastic differential equation Stochastic Diffusion Search Stochastic Dual Dynamic Programming Stochastic Dynamic General Equilibrium stochastic effects Stochastic Fair Blue Stochastic Fair Queuing Stochastic Fair Sharing Algorithm Stochastic False Sharing Stochastic Fictitious Play Stochastic Finite Element Analysis Stochastic Finite Element Method Stochastic Frontier Analysis Stochastic Frontier Production Function Stochastic Functional-Differential Equation Stochastic gene expression Stochastic gene expression Stochastic gene expression Stochastic Gradient Stochastic Gradient Boosting Tree Stochastic Gradient Lattice Stochastic Gradient Least Mean Square Stochastic Gradient with Partial Despreading Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background Stochastic Green Function Stochastic Human Exposure and Dose Simulation Stochastic Hybrid Systems Stochastic independence Stochastic Information Packet Stochastic integral Stochastic Inventory Control

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