Dose-threshold hypothesis

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 reactions.

Return to Glossary

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).