Threshold model

Threshold model

A threshold model in toxicology posits that anything above a certain dose of a toxin is dangerous, and anything below it safe. This model is usually applied to non-carcinogenic health hazards.

Edward J. Calabrese and Linda A. Baldwin wrote:

:The threshold dose-response model is widely viewed as the most dominant model in toxicology. [http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/71/2/246]

See also:
*linear no-threshold model (LNT)
*hormesis


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