Linear dose response
A statistical model that expresses the frequency of an effect (e.g., disease, death or abnormality) as being proportional to dose.
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from ICRP Publication 103, 2007 & ICRP Publication 118, 2012
A statistical model that expresses the risk of an effect (e.g., disease or abnormality) as being proportional to dose.