Radiation protection, sometimes referred to as radiological protection, is a general term applied to the protection of people and the environment from the harmful effects of ionizing radiation.

Radiation protection can be divided into:

Occupational radiation protection , which is the protection of workers in situations where their exposure is directly related to or required by their work;

Medical radiation protection, which is the protection of patients exposed to radiation as part of their diagnosis or treatment; and

Public radiation protection, which is the protection of individual members of the public and of the population in general.

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