Editor's note: For uses involving experimentation or radiation therapy, use "anthropogenic background radiation" instead. Use this concept to indicate source is a mixture of anthropogenic and naturally occurring (ambient), or unknown or if the discrimination is not sought.
New Label: Background Radiation
New Definition: The ambient radiation in a defined environment emanating from natural or anthropogenic sources.
Children: anthropogenic background radiation, natural background radiation
Editor's note: For uses involving experimentation or radiation therapy, use "anthropogenic background radiation" instead. Use this concept to indicate source is a mixture of anthropogenic and naturally occurring (ambient), or unknown or if the discrimination is not sought.
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