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Dose-threshold hypothesis

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The hypothesis assuming that the risk of excess cancer and/or heritable disease is zero below a certain dose threshold as assumed in the case of [[tissue reaction]]s.

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== Previous glossary entries ==

=== from [[ICRP Publication 103]], 2007 ===

A given dose above background, below which it is hypothesised that the risk of excess cancer and/or heritable disease is zero. (See also Threshold dose for tissue reactions).

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