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 reactions.
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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).
