Radiation exposure, average in Germany

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The effective dose from all natural and artificial radiation sources amounts for inhabitants in Germany to an average of 3.9 millisievert per year. Natural radiation exposure and medical exposure, particularly x-ray diagnostics, contribute each nearly half of the total dose. Compared to the radiation dose from nature and medicine and above all considering the considerable variation of these dose values, all other dose contributions are actually negligible.

Average radiation exposure in Germany, 2008

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