Sentence examples for index of dose from inspiring English sources

The objective of this study is to describe the development of an index of dose of exposure to community interventions that impact early childhood obesity.

Cumulative lifetime dose was estimated using data from the Central Index of Dose Information (CIDI) (HSE, 1998).

For example, the Central Index of Dose Information for ionising radiation (HSE, 1998) and data obtained from the British Airways Stewards and Stewardesses Union were used for estimating the number of workers exposed to ionising radiation.

Furthermore, the basis of the IR exposures (other than those to aircrew) used here appears to be a report by the Central Index of Dose Information (CIDI) covering occupational radiation doses during the period 1990 1996 (HSE, 1998), together with more recent CIDI data.

Additionally, the mean and maximum doses of PTV-m (Dmean-PTV,   Dmax-PVT) were used as an index of target dose homogeneity.

The laboratory results were those routinely measured in HD patients: creatinine and albumin (markers of nutritional status and inflammation activity), hemoglobin (level of anemia, target among HD patients = 11-12 g/dl), calcium and phosphorus (calcium and phosphorus product above 55 mg/dl indicates risk of tissue deposition) and Kt/V (index of the dose of dialysis delivered, target ≥ 1.2).

Tissue concentrations generally represent an index of total exposure (dose × time) of the animal to these substances, but rates of accumulation are also modified by rates of uptake from the digestive tract or bloodstream and excretion or degradation.

Lip cancer SIRs less lung cancer SIRs for men was the best index of solar UVB dose, which was weakly inversely correlated with both melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) SIRs.

CT scans were acquired during free breathing without ECG-gating, at spiral mode with pitch 1.4, tube voltage of 130 kV, 30 mAs, scan time 14.67 s, CTDI (computed tomography dose index) of approximately 3.2, and DLP (dose-length product) of 55.

Subcutaneous insulin or a continuous IV insulin infusion was administered within 24 h of the index dose of IV insulin in 68 episodes; however, there was only one episode of hypoglycemia in this group.

However, this "percentage of time imputed" (PTI) is not as conservative an index as the percentage of dose imputed, particularly in situations where historical exposures varied greatly over time.