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Lint: tissue-weighting-factor

Emphasis
warning

"The tissue weighting factor (WT) is a measure of relative contribution of an organ or tissue to the total health detriment due to stochastic effects resulting from a uniform irradiation of the entire body 1. It accounts for the variable sensitivity to ionising radiation and size of a given organ or tissue."

Line 1:41 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>W</em>'

"WT = 0.12 (each of following six): stomach, colon, lung, bone marrow (red), breast, and remainder tissues*"

Line 4:16 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>W</em>'

"WT = 0.08: gonads"

Line 5:16 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>W</em>'

"WT = 0.04 (each of following four): urinary bladder, oesophagus, liver, thyroid"

Line 6:16 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>W</em>'

"WT = 0.01 (each of following four): bone surface, skin, brain, salivary glands"

Line 7:16 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>W</em>'
Strong
warning

"In 2007, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) published a set of tissue weighting factors 1 as below:"

Line 2:17 · Generally, don't use bold in text: '<strong>International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) published a set of tissue weighting factors</strong>'
List Caps
warning

"WT = 0.12 (each of following six): stomach, colon, lung, bone marrow (red), breast, and remainder tissues*"

Line 4:20 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"WT = 0.08: gonads"

Line 5:20 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"WT = 0.04 (each of following four): urinary bladder, oesophagus, liver, thyroid"

Line 6:20 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"WT = 0.01 (each of following four): bone surface, skin, brain, salivary glands"

Line 7:20 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.
Commas
suggestion

"*Remainder tissues (13 organs collectively): adrenals, extrathoracic region, gallbladder, heart, kidney, lymph nodes, muscle, oral mucosa, pancreas, small intestine, spleen, thymus, and uterus/cervix (♀) or prostate (♂)."

Line 9:57 · More than 5 commas in a single sentence might make it more difficult to read.