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procedures involving ionising radiation, and being a member of an aircrew, leading to increased levels of exposure to cosmic radiation.
         Note 2: For the purpose of dose reconstruction, dose is calculated as an average over the mass of a specific tissue or organ. If a tissue is exposed to multiple sources of ionising radiation, the various dose estimates for each type of radiation must be combined.

    "death from malignant neoplasm of the lung" in relation to a person includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's malignant neoplasm of the lung;

    "estuarine Vietnamese waters" means at least one of the waterways or harbours in the relevant areas described in Items 4 and 8 of Schedule 2 of the VEA;

    "ICD-10-AM code" means a number assigned to a particular kind of injury or disease in The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), Eighth Edition, effective date of 1 July 2013, copyrighted by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, and having ISBN 978-1-74128-213-9;

    "inhaling, ingesting or having cutaneous contact with a chemical agent contaminated by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (TCDD)" means:
        (a)          decanting or spraying;
        (b)          cleaning or maintaining equipment used to apply;
        (c)          being sprayed with;
        (d)          handling or sawing timber treated with;
        (e)          being in an environment shrouded in dust from timber treated with; or
        (f)           using cutting oils contaminated with;
    one of the following chemicals:
             (i)                 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid;
             (ii)              2,4,5-trichlorophenoxypropionic acid;
             (iii)            2,4,5-trichlorophenol;
             (iv)            2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)-ethyl 2,2-dichloropropionate;
             (v)               o,o-dimethyl-o-(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl)-phosphorothioate;
             (vi)            pentachlorophenol;
             (vii)          2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol;
             (viii)        2,4,6-trichlorophenol;
             (ix)            1,3,4-trichloro-2-(4-nitrophenoxy)benzene;
             (x)               2,4-dichloro-1-(4-nitrophenoxy)benzene; or
             (xi)            2,4-dichloro-1-(3-methoxy-4-nitrophenoxy)-benzene;

    "joint-years of cannabis" means a calculation of consumption where one joint-year of cannabis equals one joint per day for a period of one year;

    "mist from a strong inorganic acid" means a visible suspension of liquid sulphuric, nitric or hydrochloric acid in gas;

    "MOPP" means chemotherapy involving a combination of mechlorethamine, oncovin, procarbazine and prednisone;

    "pack-year of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products" means a calculation of consumption where one pack-year of cigarettes equals 20 tailor-made cigarettes per day for a period of one calendar year, or 7300 cigarettes.  One tailor-made cigarette approximates one gram of tobacco or one gram of cigar or pipe tobacco by weight.  One pack-year of tailor-made cigarettes equates to 7.3 kilograms of smoking tobacco by weight.  Tobacco products mean cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, smoked alone or in any combination;

    "potable water" means water used for drinking water, food preparation and beverage production;

    "relevant service" means:
        (a)          operational service under the VEA;
        (b)          peacekeeping service under the VEA;
        (c)          hazardous service under the VEA;
        (d)          British nuclear test defence service under the VEA;
        (e)          warlike service under the MRCA;